December 18, 2008
More Fun With Wires
The dudes who clear branches for the local electric company dropped by today. I wouldn't have known, except they were leaving my driveway as I was coming back from Starbucks this morning. (no I probably would not have noticed the changes in branch stacking - there are too many floating about the yard so I'm ignoring them)
They cleaned up the large pile of branches off the power line... the LIVE power line... and pulled the broken phone line somewhat off the ground by wrapping it around the pole in our yard.
Supposedly tomorrow the guys who reattach these things to the tops of the poles are supposed to drop by and put the wires back up where they belong. Then the electrician has to visit and reattach the meter box to the house.
Depending on when all this happens they may be playing in the snow. From the NOAA, this is our forecast*** for tomorrow:
Ah lovely - anywhere from 8 to 16 inches of snow. And that gusty wind thing... just what we need. Will they look at the weather channel in the morning and say "Screw it. we'll wait for summer!"?
Or will they get distracted in the middle of the job and have a snowball fight? After all the guy way up in the air has a real advantage if he can collect enough snow.
Hmmm... might be interesting.
We shall see.
*** why is it I always forget the "e" in the middle of "forecast" whenever I type it. I know it's there yet every single time I type the word, I skip it and have to go back to put it in. Most annoying.
They cleaned up the large pile of branches off the power line... the LIVE power line... and pulled the broken phone line somewhat off the ground by wrapping it around the pole in our yard.
Supposedly tomorrow the guys who reattach these things to the tops of the poles are supposed to drop by and put the wires back up where they belong. Then the electrician has to visit and reattach the meter box to the house.
Depending on when all this happens they may be playing in the snow. From the NOAA, this is our forecast*** for tomorrow:
Friday: Snow, mainly after 3pm. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 29. Light wind becoming east between 10 and 13 mph. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 5 to 9 inches possible.
Friday Night: Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 12. North wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible.
Ah lovely - anywhere from 8 to 16 inches of snow. And that gusty wind thing... just what we need. Will they look at the weather channel in the morning and say "Screw it. we'll wait for summer!"?
Or will they get distracted in the middle of the job and have a snowball fight? After all the guy way up in the air has a real advantage if he can collect enough snow.
Hmmm... might be interesting.
We shall see.
*** why is it I always forget the "e" in the middle of "forecast" whenever I type it. I know it's there yet every single time I type the word, I skip it and have to go back to put it in. Most annoying.
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