Damage Control

Earlier this month, a semi truck clipped a SDG&E power cord that was hanging low (because it had grown through a tree?) right behind the fence to our backyard.  The truck didn't realize the damage he caused, he was just lost and looking for a way out; but the effects were immediately known in our home when the heater sounded like it blew up and then caught fire.  I screamed 'FIRE' and got out of the way knowing Blue would be there (from the living room) in a flash.  He came to our rescue and got the heater outside; then he was on to damage control.  The power box normally on the pole up above was now plowed into my father-in-law's backhoe, causing the glass windows to break and put a major dent in the cab. 
The electric workers spent all day working, and we were able to get power back on just as darkness was settling in.  We lost our stove, heater, AC, Internet router, VCR, and a few other things when the power surge came back to our house after the power box fell.  We were lucky though, our neighbors didn't have power for a week!

It was a long day without power, but we had a great time playing outside.  The baby kept us both busy studying rocks, dirt and other icky things found on the ground out of the way of the workers.