One of the craziest things that ever happened to me happened yesterday. I was settling down to find a movie to watch when we suddenly lost Wi-Fi again. We've had problems all summer, so we decided to get off Xfinity and switch to Tmobile, which saves us $15 a month anyway. This happened around 4 PM, which is when all hell was breaking loose next door, unbeknownst to us. Police had blocked off the road, which we found later was disrupting the Wi-Fi, because there were at least 10 cars all hovering by the corner about a 100 m from our house.
For two hours we went through the painstaking ordeal of getting Tmobile to comply with our switch. An operator named Britney asked so many detailed questions that we had to start dinner before we could finish. In fact, we finished dinner before she was done! Anyway, the Wi-Fi still wasn't working at 6:30 so we played video games instead. Ten minutes into it the doorbell rang and a loud bang was heard. Immediately I knew it was serious. I opened the door and a SWAT team is asking if they can access our backyard. Police cars are everywhere, so are bystandards. I say yes, what's going on? He says you should probably stay in the house. The house on the corner, the neighbor we've had the least amount of problems with-someone very bad was in it at the moment. So of course I got as close as I could, hanging out by the side window where the officers had congregated by the fence.
A megaphone was blaring "you are under arrest, come out with your hands up". The officers fired many rounds of tear gas at the house. They were coughing up a storm and so did we after a while. Moments later, the SWAT team decided to break down the fence to get closer. And they picked the exact spot where I'd killed a yellowjacket nest a couple weeks earlier. Lucky for them! So they smashed our fence and went in, the megaphone still blaring. AK9 unit follows them with a dog. We're thinking it's a major drug lord this whole time, with a violent record. The SWAT team broke windows to apprehend the barricaded nuisance who refused to come out. I spoke with an officer, confirming we were safe and that the suspect had been arrested. Suspected of what? Domestic violence, he told me. Hard to believe a relatively minor crime would attract that much attention. A later rumor is that he was a murder suspect.
Fortunately I got a video of the police damaging our fence. We'll see if mom can get it sorted out. You'd think they'd fix it or at least tape it off but no. When I called them to ask if they would fix it I was told to file a report to the county. On one hand I respect those guys for risking their lives to protect us. On the other hand I feel sorry for that homeowner who likely won't see a dime. Definitely some complex emotions that I am still processing. Not since my hotel days have I been so rattled.
Our Wi-Fi started working soon after they left. But we are still giving the bird to Xfinity.
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