Busy Week!

What can I say? It has been an extremely busy week at work. So far, we have had around 80 main breaks reported…..and more keep coming. I have worked through my lunch every day this week in order to give my co-workers their lunch hours. It is really no big deal because I have nowhere to go on lunch….plus, it is too hot to go anywhere anyway. I have pictures, which I have posted on Facebook and will post a few on here. I try to arrive on these main breaks before the water rep shuts them down. If I get there after they shut down the main, then I have wasted my time. I especially like pictures of the ones that are shooting in the air….they’re the best ones!

Yes, I do this on my own time, but I usually limit myself to the south part of the city. I am not going to drive all over the city just for pictures. I stay south most of the time. If I happen to be north doing something and hear a call of a main break near my location, I will check it out….especially the breaks that causes the street to collapse or floods a street. If a street has collapsed, or is flooding, I try to use my truck to block traffic in order to assist the water rep as he is shutting down the water valves. It doesn’t happen very often, but when it does, I want to be able to help in some way.

With it being in the 100’s all week, my main goal is staying cool. Going out and taking pictures of main breaks and staying in my cool truck is what I like to do. I actually went over to a widow ladies’ house on Tuesday evening, around 7:45 pm to mow. It was still around 97 degrees and her house sits on a corner, so she has a large yard. I spent an hour and a half mowing….almost got too dark for me. By the time I got home, I was so tired and sweaty….and could not drink enough water.

This evening is our monthly CFAAA meeting. We are meeting at the Will Rogers Airport Fire Department this month. Each year, around this time, we meet at the WRFD and enjoy some time with their firefighters. They are not actually part of the Oklahoma City Fire Department, but our organization supports them as well. It’s fun going out there because they are so different from OCFD. Their rigs are different and bigger (because they have to be prepared to put out airplane fires) and they have certain types of chemicals they put on fires that the OCFD does not have.

As this week gets ready to end, I know I will be working late tomorrow and all day Saturday because I know we will continue to have water main breaks as long as the heat continues and we have no rain.

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