Crime

Ever lived on the wrong side of a crime scene tape?

I do now.

Don’t get too alarmed though, it’s (un)fortunately not as “Journal de Montréal” as it sounds. I heard a big bang in the front of the house. High winds preluding a thunderstorm had broken off a big branch of “our” erable and it had landed smack on our and the neighbour’s fence. It was just small enough that I managed to move it aside since it blocked the sidewalk. Then I went inside because it started to rain heavily. Ten minutes later the police had put up this tape. I thought it was overkill until I investigated the tree overhead. There is another branch broken off and the only thing that keeps it from falling to the ground is the power line entering the neighbour’s house. So that crime scene tape is maybe not such a bad idea.

Why we don’t have subterranian power lines like in Europe (also in Scandinavia! so don’t give me the snow argument) is of course another topic of discussion.