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Power restored
6 years ago
As of two days ago at least. Two and a half at most.
The damage was limited to our DSL modem, two TVs, two surge protectors, a power outlet, the oven's control board (for the digital temperature controls), the oil furnace's control board, and my mother's computer PSU.
I had a spare PSU handy to get her computer up and running again, so I ran file integrity checks on it. Thankfully it came out clean. My PC came out clan on its own integrity scans. Though I am using an older DSL modem for the time being until a replacement arrives in the mail.
But the expensive part was fixing the oil furnace. As I recall, it was something between $450 and $475 to repair it. $150 just for the technician to make the trip out here, and the rest for the new control board. That hurt... But its better than being cold at night and sitting by a propane floor heater.
We still have to see about replacing the dead power outlet and getting a new pair of TVs, but they aren't a major priority right now.
At least we can still use the stove-top part of the oven. Woohoo.
The damage was limited to our DSL modem, two TVs, two surge protectors, a power outlet, the oven's control board (for the digital temperature controls), the oil furnace's control board, and my mother's computer PSU.
I had a spare PSU handy to get her computer up and running again, so I ran file integrity checks on it. Thankfully it came out clean. My PC came out clan on its own integrity scans. Though I am using an older DSL modem for the time being until a replacement arrives in the mail.
But the expensive part was fixing the oil furnace. As I recall, it was something between $450 and $475 to repair it. $150 just for the technician to make the trip out here, and the rest for the new control board. That hurt... But its better than being cold at night and sitting by a propane floor heater.
We still have to see about replacing the dead power outlet and getting a new pair of TVs, but they aren't a major priority right now.
At least we can still use the stove-top part of the oven. Woohoo.
The branch fell on the power line, ripping more than half of it off the nearby pole it was attached to and taking out one of the two "110 lines" supplying the house with power.
Half the house was thrown into darkness, and the branch moving around in the wind caused power surges that did a bit of damage to the appliances fed by the damaged line.
Stupidly enough, we were the only house in the entire bloody area to lose power.