To be exact, last weekend a mini storm hit, complete with bizarre tornado like winds, sheet rain and lightening. We live at the top of a hill. A house over the road and down the hill had a very dodgy and probably illegal pergola attached to the front of their property. The winds obviously didn't approve.
They ripped it off the front of that house, threw it up into the air, over their roof, and then up the hill towards our house. During mid-flight the damn thing wrapped itself around the power lines and dragged the wires out of their holdings, across the street and lying against our fence. The pergola than landed all across our front lawn, shattering into a million small sharp pieces.
Power was immediately gone and this great live power cable was lying across the street looking pretty damn menacing. It took Vector 5 hours to come out and a further 1 hour to rehook the cable back up. Thankfully, it only took the fire department a few minutes to come out and remove the cable from the road so at least the area was a bit safer.
Here is a drawing that my dog did of the exciting day:
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