Yesterday was by far the hottest day of my life.

As the power on AC began to flicker, I knew something wasn’t quite right. I started powering everything down (in order of necessity, AC, TV, then Stereo) and then I started to smell smoke. Thinking that I probably caught the buidling on fire I looked out the window and to my horror I saw a cloud of smoke. At this point I was pretty sure the building was on fire so I gathered a couple items and headed outside to find a scene that can only happen on the hottest day ever…

The power-lines the entire length of the block were literally on fire. Flaming hot red fire. The extent of the fire was enough to bring down one of the power-lines and melt the instillation on the others. I actually saw a manhole cover smoking. At this point the fireman started yelling at people to get out of their buildings. I decided to head to the bar in hopes of finding some dark cool area to rest. At this point it was probably around 100 degrees out.

When I got home last night around midnight Con-Edison had taken over for the Fire Department and was still working on the entire block, focusing on the smoking manhole. We had touch and go power through the night, which means touch and go AC. At this point were still not back to full power. I type this as I sit in front of the AC that is connected to an outlet in another room via an extension cord. Obviously I don’t believe in being part of the solution when it comes to the heat.

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Side Note: Today’s actually supposed to be hotter, I don’t believe that’s scientifically possible but we’ll see…