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So there I am. 0615 in the A.M. 12 miles from the nearest hardtop road patroling a fenced in site. Finish the round and park the new Ranger patrol truck. Walk over to the shack to enjoy some AC and coffee. Walk past the electric power transformer and notice I have company. You see, I'm in the middle of nowhere at a remote test site. The electric power comes in on poles to these transformers sitting on a concrete pad, then power lines go underground to where ever. Little birds like to nest in the various parts of this transformer. And snakes like to eat little birds. And here we have a snake climbing the transformer structure to visit the little birdies nest. And the snake "always" crosses the wires getting to the nests which shorts out the transformers. O.K. Got the picture? I've seen this same show several times over the years.
SO. I call XXX and state I need the power crew out here ASAP due to power failure. I wait 20 minutes, while watching the snake doing what snakes do when sneaking up on a birds nest. Aw-ha. Right on schedule, here come the blue lights. Slides up to the gate that I won't open for him. Officer jumps out and asked if site is secure.
"Yep. Coffee will be ready in a minute unless you'd like a cold iced tea, Officer."
"You have power? You sent in a power outage call. Thats an emergency response call. You think thats funny? Like I have nothing better to do than run out here to talk to you? (this went on untill I rudely yawned). Well? You have anything to say?"
"Yep. Five, four, three, two....."ZZzzzzzaaaapppp! Bang! Pow! Smoke. "Anything else, Offcier?"
Officer walks over to patrol vehicle, "Desk. Power outage is confirmed. Site secure."
Just then the big white truck with the big white trailer and crew come into sight. Truck pulls up to the gate and everybody drags out ID. Old Earl looks over at me and says, "Did it again. Didn't ya?" To which I respond, "Yep."
Earl turns to Officer and says, "You'll get used to this once you've been here a while. It's just an old guy thing."
Officer says, "Still ain't funny."
After a boring all niter, not a bad Monday morning for an old retired SO.
SO. I call XXX and state I need the power crew out here ASAP due to power failure. I wait 20 minutes, while watching the snake doing what snakes do when sneaking up on a birds nest. Aw-ha. Right on schedule, here come the blue lights. Slides up to the gate that I won't open for him. Officer jumps out and asked if site is secure.
"Yep. Coffee will be ready in a minute unless you'd like a cold iced tea, Officer."
"You have power? You sent in a power outage call. Thats an emergency response call. You think thats funny? Like I have nothing better to do than run out here to talk to you? (this went on untill I rudely yawned). Well? You have anything to say?"
"Yep. Five, four, three, two....."ZZzzzzzaaaapppp! Bang! Pow! Smoke. "Anything else, Offcier?"
Officer walks over to patrol vehicle, "Desk. Power outage is confirmed. Site secure."
Just then the big white truck with the big white trailer and crew come into sight. Truck pulls up to the gate and everybody drags out ID. Old Earl looks over at me and says, "Did it again. Didn't ya?" To which I respond, "Yep."
Earl turns to Officer and says, "You'll get used to this once you've been here a while. It's just an old guy thing."
Officer says, "Still ain't funny."
After a boring all niter, not a bad Monday morning for an old retired SO.
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