Two months ago my neighbor had a self-inflicted power down, except instead of cashing out Steem he cashed out his savings.

You can read all about it here https://steemit.com/blog/@saiku/the-power-down-aka-you-can-guess-what-happened-here

De-Progress Update

Two broken sprinkler heads later, the saga continues. I took these a week ago.

I'll post another update soon.