Join Waukesha resident Brien Lee and his blog, Sir Fido, as they explore the city and report on the interesting things they find.
A poor defenseless bird turned Kamikaze over the weekend and did serious damage to my place of employment. Maybe no one ever told this bird to not play with electricity, because after he got too close to a power pole insulator all that remained was the smell of fried chicken in the air.
All the motors were incapacitated Monday morning. About 20 overhead doors couldn't be opened. Air compressors weren't working and the fridges and air conditioners were non-functional. The lights were working and I was told the partial outage had something to do with single phase. I don't pretend to know much about electricity, and question how much the line worker who came to repair the problem knows - while he was still there we heard a huge explosion coming from the area he was working.
Most everything came back to life (not the bird) once the power was restored but the rooftop air conditioner had to be replaced, which was done yesterday.
A brief but powerful rain storm rolled through the Milwaukee area today. The sewer backed up at my shop and the power went out at our Racine shop. Nothing ever happens at work.
