Noted Graham Citizen Escapes Wrath of Nature (May 27, Associated Press)
After Saturday Graham's very own Steve Pierce promises that he will never, ever make a disparging remark about a Super Cub ever again following a lightning strike that left the town without power and his internet fried beyond recognition.
"It was just a slip of the tongue", said Pierce, "I was working on a Super Cub and dropped the battery box bolts right behind the baggage compartment....well, I then said a naughty word about the Cub's lineage and there was a huge zapping noise and crash!" The lightning strike just missed Pierce's cluttered hangar and blew out the local power plant transformer, cutting power to the small Texas town and Pierce's shop.
Pierce, a noted blog author on all things Super Cub, has been unable to preach to his disciples since Saturday. The inability to communicate has caused significant problems for those in the middle of complicated mechanical endeavors. Pierce observed "There's this one guy in New Hampshire who was in the middle of a difficult mechanical update on his aircraft who installed his onboard emergency urinal device improperly because we couldn't post the final chapter of our popular article "Pissing While Flying--You Can Do It" on the internet. We've really left our readers dangling."
According to local officials at the local internet service provider, the outage has affected nearly everyone. "Most people just spend all of their time looking at porn so frustration levels are running high. This guy Pierce, however, is different. We had no idea there were so many frustrated mechanics nationwide who depend on this guy for his sage advice and wry observations. He's apparently an institution."
As for Pierce, he's taking the downtime in stride. He and his wife Cathy are taking a second honeymoon at Graham Lake for a couple of days. They were last seen loading a game of Scrabble in the car to keep Steve entertained during the mini-vacation. Their son, Lee, however, has different plans. He's decided to take up golf and is looking forward to lessons from his beloved "Uncle Joe" who is recovering from recent surgery to have his knees replaced after flying too much.