Friday, November 20, 2009

Your Electric bill At work.

We live about a long country block for a Rocky Mountain Power right of way. When we first move out here there were 2 power lines running through here. We would could always use them as a landmark for people to find our house, ( no GPS is those days) it was just the 3rd house west of the power lines. Which you couldn't mistake because they stood over a 100 feet in the air. After we had lived here a few years the constructed a third line, and we amused ourselves watching the brave men construct the towers and stretch the power lines. Well this spring we began watching the fourth set go up and it has been exciting to say the least. Progress changes everything, we have watched a man on a platform stretching out from a helicopter attaching the pulleys to the top of the towers. Must be one to the world most dangerous jobs and coldest especially in 38 degree weather. They now string the wire with a helicopter, the pilot was amazing, he could drop the wire right in the pulleys. All in all it has been entertaining watching them, but I am glad they are out of room, these power lines are getting to close for comfort lightning loves them.

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