We had a very long drive home after Christmas and pulled into the driveway at 8 PM to find out the house did not have electricity. We were the only house around that didn't have power. In this house that also means no water since we have a well, and no heat. My thoughts of doing some laundry and running to the store for food ended quickly.
The house never got too cold, the coldest it got was 54 degrees, so we bundled up and called the power company. The guy who showed up couldn't help and said a different crew would be by later. Later happened to be the next day, when it was snowing.
Apparently the people who installed the new fence right before we moved in put a footing on top of the buried electric line. It just took a lot of rain, 7 months, and some freezing temperatures before it shorted out.
We figured we were only without power for about 24 hours, (the ice cream in the freezer was still solid) So it wasn't too bad, it was just not the way we planned on coming home.
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