Living on the Edge

This may be evidence of a LACK of common sense.
I was at a building in Richmond last night for a power off test. The only way to know that systems on generator work as they should is to turn the power off, see if the generator starts, and prove that everything that needed to be on generator actually is on generator. Last night was a good test, we also had a thunder storm and high winds, WooHoo! This is the second time I've ended up on the roof of a high-rise structure, by the river, in a thunderstorm, with high winds. You'd think once would be enough for anyone, and most people would be bright enough not to do it the first time, GRIN. A bolt of lightning hit a tree on Brown's Island right across from the building. One of the Contractor's was facing that way and momentarily blinded by the brilliant blue-white glare from the biggest arc-welder ever made. We were relatively safe, standing under 8 tons of steel structure, equipment, and the building does have lightning protection. Still, the secondary effects of a near miss can be very bad. I could feel the hair on my head growing. We quickly moved our little parade back inside until the storm moved down-river.

Kevin
Living on the edge!