I was sitting in the living room just before 6:30 pm yesterday (06-02-26) when I heard a loud crack and at the same time our lights blinked. I was happy they didn't go off and didn't pay any more attention to it.
But later I looked out the window and saw that one of the power poles beside our neighbor's lane was lying on the ground. What gives?
10:17 pm
Later it occurred to me that I had two security cameras that likely recorded what happened. Both are time-stamped. The first is a Wyze; the second is an Arenti. Here are the recorded videos of what happened.
Our neighbor who lost her power called and asked what had happened. By then I knew and related what I've written above. Apparently the truck that exited her lane (it carried a chemical that a tractor was spreading on the corn fields) somehow got tangled in her power line that drops from a pole on Clayton Road (ours uses the same pole but is buried). In the videos you can see the pole being pulled down as the truck exits the lane. Th driver never stopped. Did he not see (or hear) it?
It's truly a wonder he wasn't electrocuted.
Later in the day the local power company (AES) had a crew replace the pole (about 10:30 pm) and another crew (about 1:30 am) replace the downed wires. By 2 am everything was back up and running.
The new power pole is in the distance. It was replaced in the dead of the night.
