All posts by Glen

Just a former garbageman living in New Mexico selling crap to tourists and locals alike.

Lightning Strike

  • BIG strike either on the property or very close by.
  • Scared the crap outta everyone here.
  • Andy heard the gas computer crackling immediately after the strike.
  • Power went out immediately.
  • The power company guys were on the scene when it happened. Lunch break!
  • Lucky us, they checked all of our transformers and then figured it was a off site breaker and they took off to fix it.
  • 5 minutes later the power was restored.
  • Gas computer booted back up properly! YAY!
  • Pump 3 was fried. 1 out of 4 down? I can live with that for a while.
  • I grabbed the special screwdriver that allows me to access the pump guts and disconnected all the power wires in sequence and reconnected them in reverse order. Pump 3 restored to service! YAY AGAIN!
  • Big rainbow behind us now.
  • Glad that I was home for this and I’m glad that it’s over now.