Phones Are Down at The LD

If you've called us recently, we haven't been able to hear the phone ring. Our phone lines have been down since Saturday evening, and I just called Qwest to see what the heck was going on. Seems that there's been some vandalism in our neck of the woods, with thieves going after the copper wire. Here's the story from the Seattle P-I:

About 200 Qwest customers in the Delridge neighborhood of West Seattle have been without phone service for more than a day after a thief nabbed copper wire off of a downed utility pole, Qwest spokeswoman Shasha Richardson said Monday.

The theft happened over the weekend - probably on Sunday, Richardson said.

Phone service is expected to be restored to the Delridge customers by 6 p.m. Monday, she added.

The theft is part of a growing trend, where thieves make off with copper wire so they can sell it at scrap yards. But Qwest hasn't experienced a high volume of copper wire theft, Richardson said.

The very helpful Qwest phone rep noted that our service probably won't return till Tuesday or Wednesday. However, I set up a call forwarding so that all calls will be going to my cell phone in the interim, so ring away.

[UPDATE] Qwest found some extra copper wire and we're back in business.