Disaster #2.

[shilala]

First off, I'd like to report that the death toll of yesterday's disaster stands at 1. Lucky's paddling around Heaven today. Bless his little fish soul.

To start my day off today I got a frantic call from a chick that rents a house I own out in the sticks.
At this place, the electric meter is mounted on a telephone pole near the house. The power then goes underground to the service in the basement.
Well, this morning a tractor trailer came down the road in front of the house, grabbed ahold of the telephone line (that's also hooked to the power pole), snapped the pole off and tore the electric out of the house.

I talked to Penelec while they were on the scene and came to find that I own the telephone pole and I need to get a new one.
My first question was, obviously, "where the hell does a guy buy a telephone pole?"

So after spending all day wrangling around and putting this job together, paying electricians emergency overtime, and getting a new pole sunk so that power can be restored in 20 degree weather, I come to find out (10 minutes ago) that Penelec today passed a new dictum that their linemen cannot restore power until inspection is done. That's despite the fact that they've always made exception on emergency calls, and inspectors aren't available after 5:00pm.
I've come to find it doesn't even matter if the person in the house is on a ventilator, it still doesn't get turned on. It's "an insurance thing".
And because my luck's been going this way, today is day #1 of the new rule, and I'm the very first guy who's got to experience it.

I'm not sure what disaster #3 is going to be (cause they always come in 3's), but I'm starting to wonder if my patience is going to hold out.