Saw A Semi Truck Explode Today

[Darth K'Trava]

I'm the CIO / Chief Technician (read "ONLY technician" ) for a fairly large office supply company. Henry got me in touch with the guy who hired me, and after 10 months of looking, I was called, interviewed, and hired all in one day. I primarily work out of Dillon, SC, but the company has stores and customers as far away as Charleston, and the lady who does most of the company's product ordering is in Conover, NC - a little past Charlotte, actually - but is still on the company network and 3COM phone system. She changed internet service providers on her end, which meant a bit of configuration on both ends - and, she had been having some problems with her system anyway. So, house call.

Congrats on finding something in your field of expertise!

My friend Bill has to do "house calls" too. Even to as far as Pennsylvania and "hickstown" Alabama.

 

[sniffles]

I hope the truck driver was able to get free before the vehicle exploded.

In the spirit of "I too have seen something scary", I once saw a large construction crane fall over. Not one of the really huge ones used for high-rise buildings, but a large one. I was on my lunch break and was standing kitty-corner across the street (diagonally, for those who don't know that term ) from the building under renovation. As I was waiting to cross the street, I heard a thunk and suddenly realized that I was seeing the lifting tackle of the crane lying in the street across the intersection from me - about 50 ft. away, I'd guess. Since this point was also across the street from the site where the crane was situated, I looked up to see what was going on. The crane was in the process of tipping over on top of a nearby forklift.

It was darned lucky the crane fell when it did; the intersection, which is a busy downtown location, was empty of cars just then. Otherwise the big hook would have landed on someone's car. And if it had landed a few feet further out it would have hit a sidewalk with pedestrians. No one was hurt, but it sure made my heart race!