The Morning Climb
On a crisp Pacific Palisades morning, a telephone cable pressurization worker begins another day twenty-two feet above the ground. Mrs. Neemoi watches from her kitchen window as specialized equipment is unloaded - climbing spikes, safety harness, and tools most people never knew existed.
When the Earth Moves
High above the ground, there's nowhere to run when an earthquake strikes. No doorway to duck under, no table to dive beneath. Just a worker, a wooden pole, and the earth moving beneath it like a restless sleeper.
An Unexpected Supervisor
A flash of iridescent green catches the worker's eye - a hummingbird hovering just inches away. This tiny creature, no bigger than a thumb, had mastered the art of defying gravity long before humans figured out how to climb poles.
Connections That Matter
In the telephone cable pressurization business, the most important connections aren't always the ones you can see in a splice case. Sometimes they're the ones that happen when the earth shakes, the world holds its breath, and a tiny bird decides that maybe humans aren't so different from other creatures trying to make their way between ground and sky.
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