Timothy Lilly:
CLASS OF 1979
Mitchell Junior High SchoolClass of 1979
Rancho cordova, CA
Cordova High SchoolClass of 1984
Rancho cordova, CA
La Sierra High SchoolClass of 1984
Carmichael, CA
Timothy's Story
life after high school. for myself has been very good to me,I joined the forestry dept, for two years was in auburn,cal. then moved to so,cal[riverside] got into a welding school,graduated two years later,then worked in the naval shipyards in long beach for a few years.after that moved to bakersfield,cal.got into the oil drilling and natural gasses industry and I must say that there is no bigger rush then being on a triple drilling rig ,for those not knowing. you are ninety feet up in the air with a body harness [full] just like a bungy jump ,except you only have a 5ft.line attached 2 the harness, and you are r standing on metal slants that your work boot can fall through,the platform you stand on is a 5x5 square and there you connect joints of 4"90'long tubing to drill down to the desired dept of the well , all while you have very high levels of h2s, and othe...Expand for more
r lethal gasses ,coming up and out of the well,one time while I was up in the derrick trippin pipe [connecting joint to joint ,our well started blowing in [actually the fluid pressured up and with the gasses as well I became overwhelmed,and fell out of the derrick and hung there , till I could regain myself pretty wild. a co worker of mine on another drilling rig had their rig catch fire ,the rig toppled over from the intense heat coming from the rig all while the well is shooting oil into the air ,that not good . I do have some cool and a little graphic pics I will post up soon. so after ten years plus of that. working on getting my state crane certs. to work on sky scrapers, and high tower cranes, when I'M not at work it is all about taking out my toys to play with , going dirt bikn , 4x4n, jet skin, having a good time life is to short and precious not to .
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