My mom was adamant that she’d find her way from the airport to my home. I was meant to pick her up, but there was an HVAC emergency at the beach house. Mom and I had been planning this summer trip for a long time. She was meant to come over in 2020, but the pandemic put all those plans on hold. Now, 2 years later, we finally have our schedules right. She will stay for a month and tour the entire city, which has always been on her bucket list. I was about to leave the house this morning when the compressor unit outback exploded. The sound was so shocking that I ran out of the house, fearing for my life. Someone called the fire department because they showed up minutes later. I also got in touch with the area HVAC repair company for assistance. Since this was an emergency, I didn’t have to book an appointment. The HVAC repair van pulled up minutes after the fire department showed up and began their inspection. It turns out there was a problem with the electrical wiring in the compressor unit. This caused a spark followed by an explosion. The best thing to do was remove the faulty unit and replace it with a new one. My biggest surprise was the speedy HVAC repair since I had a new unit cooling my home in an hour. Once the fire department ascertained it was okay to proceed, the HVAC crew of 3 began replacing the faulty compressor unit with a new one. By the time my mom’s taxi pulled up, they had finished the replacement and tested it out.