Well, that was a bit of excitement

Working on my computer earlier this evening, I saw a bright flash and heard a loud explosion. The power cut. My first thought: When did you last run a backup, Dave?

We lit candles around the house. There was a second, softer explosion. I grabbed a lantern and small torch, and headed out to investigate.

Some kids told me a green box (a relay box) had exploded. I asked them where, and they sent me in the right direction, warning me that bad people were up there.

It turned out they were right. Some teenagers were hanging about on the way, who made a disparaging comment about my lantern. That comment was lantern. Nice one lads. They were bad alright, a pack of bad comedians. I am disappointed with the youth of today; these people make clowns seem funny. The didn't even use a funny voice, or say haha, he has a lantern. Just lantern.

Zero points for effort.

I continued on. I got near the scene. From what I can tell, a transformer blew on an electrical pole. I'm guessing the second explosion was the remains of the transformer popping. Wires had snapped and fallen to the ground.

Power was restored in roughly two hours, which isn't bad at all. Good work.