Today I was walking down the beach away from the pier, sat down and people watched for an hour. On my way back decided to cut up the side street that runs parallel to the beach and noticed this coach bus backing up a little too quickly and suddenly he hits this fire hydrant. it goes straight up lands on the ground and a water spout as tall as about a 4-5 story building starts to spew forth. Its right on the corner, and there's this condo/apt building there with balconies...all getting extremely soaked. It was crazy. So anyways the guy puts the bus into gear and takes off quickly.

So i called the cops on him.

Not that I normally would call the police/fire department but it was pretty bad - they needed to shut off the water immediately.

Later on I met Dvd for lunch he mentions walking past this broken fire hydrant and told him I saw the whole thing happen and I'm the one who called the cops on him! He said that the firemen looked pissed off.

Thing is...I was walking on that side of the street - the street was as big as a one lane street - or maybe a small 2 lane. I went to the other side of the street b/c he was backing up. I was in mid cross just as he hit the hydrant. I didn't feel like I was in any danger, but thinking about what I wrote yesterday...imagine if I had been there just a few moments before.....

Crazy day.