rain - utility electricty
It rained last night. Not a stormy rain, but a medium rain.
Around 6pm, the power flickered and dimmed, for what seemed a 1/4 of a second to maybe 1/2 a second. I immediately shutdown and turned off the computers in the house, and even disconnected the power strips from the wall. Within that same hour or so, it happened a total of three times.
Growing up, I remember the electricity might flicker, if there was a lightening strike nearby, but these that are happening now seem quite different. They last what seems a long time. I think they are the same phenomena what blew out my washing machine's electronics (the Fridigaire Affinity) a few years ago.
I went to a neighbor's house, where their house shares electricity from the same transformer as ours, and asked if they had had the power surge too, or if it was just me.
To my relief, they experienced the same surges/disruptions, which likely means it's not a problem with my house, but with the electricity coming from the utility (I had worried there was something wrong with my house's wiring).
So, might have to ask the utility to investigate. Maybe tree limbs need to be trimmed from the lines, or a transformer is faulty, leaking. Dunno, but seems worth bringing to their attention.