That's what was going on at my house this AM....
Kid woke me up said that our power was out... I go check the meter to make sure that they didn't disconnect me... That was ok...
then walking back up from the meter, I see an unmarked police car come up the street and stop in front of the neighbor's... Then a fire truck pulls up... They talk...
I ask, "what's going on?" :dontknow:
They ask, "Did you report a power line down and the power out?"
I said, "My power is out, but I haven't reported it yet."
So the nice police men and fire men and I walk to the back yard and spot some smoke coming from the ground and see the line down....
Then they tell me that we can't go in the back half of our yard because the electricity can travel through the ground and still get you, and then taped it off with yellow caution tape...
Then I reported it to Edison, and the truck was here within about 10 minutes after my call... (The fire dept also had called twice before me.).. Officer Campbell asked me to call also, as it gets more priority if more people call in along with the local authorities...
Just after hanging up from Edison, the lights come on... We hear a pulsing buzz and look out back and there is a huge orange ball glowing at the end of the downed line... We ran to get our cameras, but by the time I was ready, the fuse blew a street over and shut off the power. :shock:
I also heard on the police radios that there was another pole with a fire one town over from us...
