As the title says, you won't believe what happened to my car tonight. Exterior damage only, but here's the story. I volunteered to setup/tear down at my kids middle school for the 1st annual Science Night, where companies and volunteers bring in hands-on experiments and exhibits for kids. So I parallel part on the street away from the school lot thinking it's safe from the door dings of the in n out attendees. So what happens?
Mylar balloons somehow get released from the event, cross the street, tangle in a power line, blow up the transformer and down a power line, RIGHT ON MY CAR! It's scratched from front to rear, exactly where the power line hit. My car was not "electrocuted"... it runs fine. But it's dinged front to back, including the roof (needs further investigation). The power company left me a card for a "claim", but it's got to be THOUSANDS in damages, as virtually every panel on the left side will need painting... hood, door, side panel, trunk. The bright side is that I did want to respray my hood/trunk but this is ridiculous. Hopefully I won't need a new top but that's currently in question. Can you freakin' believe it? Going for estimates tomorrow, and will post pics then. :smh
A couple of other cars where hit too. To top it off, it killed the power to the Science Night and the local neighborhood (except for auxiliary power at the school). We had to rent generators from 2 Home Depots to power many of the exhibits. Most everything got running, and the Science Night was successful, but man, what a night!
EDIT: Oh, and the power guy says "Was there some sort of party here? We get calls like this a lot this time of year due to graduations, etc." Crazy, huh?