When our grandmother got sick, we all opted to leave the farm and visit her.
We left one worker in charge and hoped to return on time. There was plenty to do, but we had to visit her in the hospital and spend time with our grandfather. My dad made sure all the animals had plenty of food, and the AC systems were working. Since we had a zero-grazing dairy farm, the cows never went outside. It was a better system that kept them safe and healthy. No one had anticipated the trip would take longer than a couple of days. We ended up staying for two weeks when her condition got worse. That’s when the heatwave came and overwhelmed the air conditioning at the farm. Our farm worker had left the farm early that morning when the AC system shut down. The cows were in distress because it got too hot in the barns. Two animals passed away due to heat exhaustion which was a considerable loss. By the time the worker got back to the farm, it was too late to save the cows. He phoned dad and told him the bad news, which sent my dad overboard. Dad was furious and had to drive back home the same day. We would join him the next day after saying goodbye to grandma. On his journey back, dad phoned the AC company for help and opted to pay an extra fee for emergency HVAC services. He couldn’t imagine losing any more animals at the farm. Two cows were a big enough loss to endure. When he got to the farm, the worker was nowhere to be found. The AC mechanics were already on sight, and dad had directed them via phone to where the barn AC was located. They noticed the electric control had been overwhelmed when the worker cranked up the cooling unit. That’s why the air conditioner had stopped working.