Monday, January 25, 2021

"It Blew Out"

Chuck went to work at 11:00 this morning and I got home from work around 3:00. I went for a walk, brought the trashcans in from the curb and then I went downstairs to tell Beth what I was fixing for dinner.

She very calmly points to the wall and says, "My thing blew out." I turned around to see this...

 

What?!? "Oh my gosh Beth, what happened?!?"

Silence. She came over to the wall and just stood there. I'm sort of beginning to panic as she just stares at it. "Beth did you see a little fire or something??

"I dunno." "Well, when did you first see this? When did you notice it looked like this?" 

Silence. In moments like this she doesn't have the skills to think of the step by step process of what happened and explain it. We've learned over the years that she will agree to whatever explanation you give so we try to be patient until she does answer.

But I was well on my way to panic mode and I anxiously asked, "Did you see that your alarm clock wasn't working and so you came over to check and that's when you saw this?" 

With a tone of, 'I like that answer!' she said, "Yeah!"

So honestly, I don't know if we'll ever know what actually happened. What I DO know is that a power strip was plugged into the socket. And it's fried as well.

 

I've checked the wall around the plug and it's cold. The other electric sockets are cool to the touch and seem fine. I've told her not to plug anything else into those two sockets until we get it fixed.

Her cpap machine and alarm clock were plugged into the power strip and I plugged them into a few other sockets before they finally worked. I'm a little nervous about leaving them plugged in because I don't know if they've been damaged. Can they be damaged if they were plugged into something that does that??

I feel horrible now because all this time I thought she was using a surge protector but after looking at it today, it's not. It's just a power strip. But I'm so, so grateful she was protected here today!

Every time I pull out of my driveway I pray for protection around our home, the property it's on and the neighborhood we're in. And I believe with all my heart, today the Lord answered that prayer!!

12 comments:

Susan said...

Glad to hear it was not more serious and yes a surge protector is a must. Praying there will be no more incidents like that.

Billie Jo said...

Glad to hear it is ok!
I know nothing about that, but I am sure by now you have it handled. Yikes!

Regina said...

Yikes! I'm so glad the Lord had His hand of protection around Beth and your home.

Terri D said...

Scary stuff!! I'm glad Beth is okay and that the plug only fizzled and didn't cause major damage! I am sure you will have the electrician check it all out so you can have some peace about it!!

Barb said...

Hi Cindy~

That's really scary...I'm so glad all was well. Sounds like you did the right thing by checking for heat and relocating. And your right, prayer is yhe best protection.

Hugs and Love,
Barb

Pamela M. Steiner said...

So thankful Beth was okay and no harm was done, but wow! I know that had to be scary. So thankful God has His angels protecting Beth and your home. Praise God! Makes me want to think about the power strips that I have too...are they surge protectors or just power strips...now I have to check. Thank you for this warning. It could save someone else today!

Jeanie said...

I'm grateful Beth was OK. It's scary -- when we had an issue similar, there was smoke coming out of the outlet. I hope the Cpap works -- I don't know enough to have an opinion on that. Might be time for a good electrician!

ellen b. said...

Yikes! Glad all is well. Hope the appliances are fine, too.

Rebecca Jo said...

Oh my gosh... that sort of thing freaks me out too. Angels watching & protecting your home my friend!!

Sandi said...

You should have an electrician look at it right away.

onceuponatimehappilyeverafter.com said...

So thankful that this scary incident ended with your baby being safe and you realizing that what you thought was a surge protector was just a power strip. Now you can get that extra protection. I worry for my mom. Sent her a either a power strip or a surge protector...now I wonder which. Probably need to go back over my Amazon orders to check.

Debby@Just Breathe said...

I'm also thankful that nothing happened. Praying it all gets fixed and nothing like that happens again.