Smoking Wire

Carl and I came home from Thanksgiving dinner late last night to a very dark house. Usually, we leave a light on to avoid this and yesterday was no exception. So, in effort to try and figure out why the house was dark, Carl went to the fuse box, reset the circuits, and wham, seconds of light and then pure darkness. Upon further inspection of the house, a smoking bare wire was discovered on the electrical line to the garage.... so we left the circuit off to avoid a fire.

Even with the circuit off, all night I tossed and turned thinking there was a fire or would be a fire and we would burn to death. Horrible nightmares I tell you. It didn't help that the culprit wire ran along the wall right next to our bedroom.

When daylight struck, Carl and I went outside and looked at the wires going from the garage to the house. We turned on the circuit and within seconds, more smoke sizzled upward to the sky.

I am still uneasy about a fire. At least Carl is savvy enough to know what he is doing. I love that.