The power is out!

	There are always thunderclouds in the High Sierra in the summer, but rarely do they reach down to our elevation. This weekend was a lot different, as we woke up during the night on Saturday hearing thunder in the distance and listening to the rain falling on the deck.
	Until 6 am Saturday, when lightning hit the utility pole that feeds the house the thunder clap that "immediately" followed shook the house and woke us up for the day.
	We called PG&E on the cell phone right away and they said a crew would be out for the repair at 2:30 that afternoon. They showed up with three trucks - right on time - and set to work.
	The lightning blew a fuse on the transformer, they decided to change both.
	Two guys were in the bucket up on the pole, the third got the new transformer ready and the fourth answered all my questions.
	After a few minutes the old transformer was ready to be lifted off the pole.
	It was lowered to the truck from the bucket.
	And the new one was hooked up to the winch and pulled up to the pole.
	A couple of connections to connect the house back to the transformer...
	...and the last connection to the 15,000 volt line and after a 9 hour outage, our power was back on! We really appreciate the crew that came out on a rainy Saturday to fix everything!