[BC] Dead air or no air...

[WBRadiolists at aol.com]

In a message dated 03/10/2009 2:47:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
w4opw at yahoo.com writes:

> Violet was calling to tell me was off the air. I told her I know, I was 
> sitting in pitch dark. Power came on within 45 minutes. A squirrel got 
across 
> the transformer and was vaporized said the power company worker who came in 
> to tell me what transpired. 

Something similar happened to me one morning in the late 1980's at WFIF. We 
had been on the air for about 15 minutes, when... POP! We went off, but the 
lights were still on. Turns out a bird decided to commit suicide on the pole, 
taking out one of the 3 phases that Ol' bessie needed. I forget how long it took 
the PowerCo to get there, but those were anxious minutes/hours.

Being off the air is horrible.

Willie...