The Power of the Pole

Your Boulevardier, accompanied by the Trust BoulevarDog, trekked into downtown Castro Valley this afternoon. (The reason for this journey will be revealed soon.) Upon arriving at the intersection of Castro Valley Boulevard and San Miguel Street, he noticed telltale piles of white ashes in several places on the street. It did not require much more investigation to notice that a PG&E crew was hard at work on San Miguel, just north of The Boulevard and across the street from Blockbuster Video.

According to a flagman who was directing traffic (while conversing on his Bluetooth headset), a car had taken out the first telephone pole on the street last night. The crew was replacing the pole; a crane and several trucks' worth of electricians were on the job.

It's never good to be in a serious collision, but if one must be in a crash, it is perhaps less awful to do so within 50 yards of a fire station, as this person had done. Emergency response would be swift, no matter the hour. Your Boulevardier hopes that nobody was hurt in the collision, but it takes considerable force to damage a telephone pole so he is not optimistic. If readers have more details, please provide them in the comments.