Which really has nothing to do with woodworking EXCEPT ...
We took a lightening strike on the transformer that feeds the house at about 1AM Friday morning ... BIG BOOM and no power ... which also means no water/toilets...
Well ... it's hot and humid in July here (although I must say it was cooler than normal and with cloud cover BUT still miserable in the house). Placed a call for service at 1:30AM Friday ... at 2:45PM Saturday a crew finished installing a new transformer ... we are .. the last pole in the line/county and since it's just one customer out we are always the last to get service.
Now the woodworking part ... per previous rants and posts I have mentioned that I have a second meter that feeds the new shop and it is actually connected to a transformer across the street ... and ... I recently installed a new mini-split heat pump. So we bought a couple of air mattresses and camped out in the shop last night ... it really wasn't bad and I was really glad to have that as an option .. we checked on nearby hotels and found ONE ROOM... a "Presidential Suite" at a princely $259/night ... we opted against that ...
We took a lightening strike on the transformer that feeds the house at about 1AM Friday morning ... BIG BOOM and no power ... which also means no water/toilets...
Well ... it's hot and humid in July here (although I must say it was cooler than normal and with cloud cover BUT still miserable in the house). Placed a call for service at 1:30AM Friday ... at 2:45PM Saturday a crew finished installing a new transformer ... we are .. the last pole in the line/county and since it's just one customer out we are always the last to get service.
Now the woodworking part ... per previous rants and posts I have mentioned that I have a second meter that feeds the new shop and it is actually connected to a transformer across the street ... and ... I recently installed a new mini-split heat pump. So we bought a couple of air mattresses and camped out in the shop last night ... it really wasn't bad and I was really glad to have that as an option .. we checked on nearby hotels and found ONE ROOM... a "Presidential Suite" at a princely $259/night ... we opted against that ...
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