Crazy Day Update

Indeed it has been a crazy day here. This evening, about 8pm I suppose, one of the workmen came to the door and said my gas had been off and that he was going to turn off my meter and I should wait at the garage door for someone to come and restart it. I asked him what had happened and he said something about the water and gas lines being crossed one over the other and that in the digging large holes were made (probably like a silver dollar around) in the lines. Naturally, this meant they had to dig out the hole to about 6 feet square and 4 feet down and turn off the water & gas to fix the lines. It took a very long time.

Their man came along and restarted my furnace and water heater. After that they began packing up and moving out. Apparently the houses along my side of the street were affected, but nobody else. I'm glad they got it fixed before night. It's been extremely cold here.

Oh, I mentioned earlier the spray of water had frozen onto the overhead power/phone lines and made icicles, but I didn't know until later this evening it had also frozen onto power poles and equipment. A line had fallen down and was sparking on the guys working in the hole with water. Zoweeie! That's not good. They got the electric company to fix that problem, but there's still ice all over the power pole and equipment at the top.

We need some warm weather to melt the ice.

The one thing which will remain obvious for some time is that the hole they dug is covered with gravel and they clearly won't be able to re-pave it until warm spring weather comes along.

Yes, it's been a crazy day in front of my house. I hope it's warm where you are.