It was supposed to be a non-congested traffic day yesterday having redirected the route for the triathlon event which took place in the morning. However an unexpected thing happened very early in the morning and the whole traffic system went awry.
At about 3:30 A.M, I was awakened by a loud explosion which I thought for a while was coming from my airconditioner but I knew I did not turn on the airconditioner last night. I was the last person to go to bed and I turned the ceiling fan instead. Then I heard my husband say he knew it. He said he heard a buzzing sound and true enough it sounded like a transformer blew up. Within seconds, I heard the fire siren went. We waited and looked at the back of the house. I saw flashing lights from the next street behind us. Then finally, I dozed off to sleep.
Our alarm went on at 5:30 AM as usual and off at 6:30 AM. Then at 6:45 AM, I heard click and the lights went off. Lucky for us we have a gas stove so we were able to have at least hot tea with breakfast. But I had a tough time lighting up the stove with my boxed matches. Since I haven't used them for so long, they were all duds. I tried four boxes before I found one that worked. My husband walks the dog around the block every morning, but this morning half of the next street was roped off. The firemen won't let him go around the block but he found out what happened. The transformer which was located halfway down the telephone pole blew up and the flame shot all the way to the top of the telephone pole. It is ironic the house next to it just closed and moved in last Monday. I wondered how they felt. That must have scared the hell out of them especially a big explosion next to their home at 3:30 in the morning. Are they going to put the house back on the market soon, I wondered?
All morning, I saw so many cars passing my street. It looked like the traffic was being rerouted to my street. It got really heavy around noontime. I guess the triathlon was over and people were leaving town. I'm supposed to do an open house at my house at 2 PM. I was thinking how I won't be able to even get out of my driveway to go to the office and pick up my balloons. By 1 PM, the lights went back on and the traffic looked like it was abating. So I left for the office at 1:15 PM. The street looked cleared and I just hit a snag at the main road and the next street with cars turning left to go to town. I was going south to go to the office. Coming back is another story. There was again traffic jam at the corner of my street and the main road. I put my sign on the corner but I had to stop three times because of the traffic jam. My street can only have three cars abreast. So if cars are parked on both sides, only one car can get through. With bumper to bumper traffic, it was impossible but finally I did, then hit a snag again just turning left into my driveway. It took four cars to finally let me through into my driveway. I walked the other sign for the other corner of my street. No way, I would drive down there. You couldn't make a U-turn.
We only had this kind of traffic on my street during the Oyster Festival which happened in October. That day, I wouldn't dare take my car out of the driveway. I walked to town and skipped going to work. Everybody walked to the Waterfront and enjoyed the festival.
This morning I talked to a fellow agent who is a firefighter. He said they blocked the next street and there were several fire trucks, firemen and police officers there because they were afraid they might have to evacuate people. We did not know that. Early last night, one lady who my husband met while walking the dog said they just moved two blocks away a month ago and asked if it is like this all the time. They were told it's a quiet town. My husband assured them Oyster Bay is a small, quiet town but today is an aberration. Then he met one of my neighbors who asked about my open house. My husband said nobody came which I expected with that kind of gridlock on my street. My neighbor said "At least, she has a clean house!"
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On Sunday, Aug. 29, 2010, the Greater Long Island Running Club will be cooperating with the Town of Oyster Bay Parks Department to stage the 23rd annual Runner's Edge Triathlon in the hamlet of 
