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| 6 SEP 2011 at 9:33pm |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | That was a long time to be without power, CB. What was the electric company's excuse? Are you very rural and they were working in more populated areas first or was it just a usual snafu? I like your powers of improvisation, by the way. [smiley=thumbsup.gif]
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 6 SEP 2011 at 11:12pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | Gosh, CB, you certainly had to pay the price for living amongst the trees. So long as you could eat and flush, I guess life can't be all that bad.
I'm pretty impressed at the length of your extension cord..... as they say, 'everything's bigger in America'. [smiley=rofl.gif]
Anthony, so glad to hear your garden survived unhurt. And yes, I do miss school very much. How are you enjoying your change of career?
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| 7 SEP 2011 at 12:36am |
Terry PenrodGrand Inquisitor
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Location: US, Texas
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Yes, a week without power sure is a pain. But it's really not as bad as some people imagine - assuming you still have access to the real necessities of life like clean drinking water, enough food, and some form of shelter.
After Hurricane Ike totally screwed-up our grid a few years back, there were some people left without power here in Texas for well over a month. That must have been really miserable for them.
Fortunately, there were very few deaths or serious injuries and most people got their power back within a week or so. Mine was only out for a day and with my good, old landline, I was never without an emergency phone - plus I suffered no property damage to speak of. Unlike many others, my local water supply was never disrupted either. So some of us really dodged several bullets. Just wish my business clients hadn't been hit so hard, as that did create a pretty bad financial impact for me and a number of close associates.
It sounds as if you had to live with a few inconveniences, CB. But you seem to have avoided any serious, long-term consequences. Hope your family and friends were as lucky.
Cheers, Terry
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| 7 SEP 2011 at 1:36am |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By LadyKestrel (6 SEP 2011 9:33pm)
What was the electric company's excuse? Are you very rural and they were working in more populated areas first or was it just a usual snafu?]
Personally my opinion is that they just weren't prepared. Too much time passed before someone in corporate realized that 75 crews weren't making much of a dent and should have realized that an additional 200 or so more were needed from the start based on the number of outings and damage reports. I think another issue had to do with communication. My own example was that a crew from Thompson Electric from OH arrived on sight on Saturday and spent a greater portion of the afternoon fixing the lines. Unfortunately the transformer mounting bracket was damaged and none of the other TE trucks in the vicinity were carrying the right replacement so they did what they could and left for another job. You'd think that right off they certainly were aware of the situation and could have contacted CL&P (CT Light and Power) but no. All they did was to leave a yellow flag on the pole and let CL&P figure it out on their own. :
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| 15 SEP 2011 at 12:06pm |
anthonyJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline (6 SEP 2011 11:12pm)
Anthony, so glad to hear your garden survived unhurt. And yes, I do miss school very much. How are you enjoying your change of career?
I'm finally getting to know my kids, even if it's mostly by taxi-ing them around everywhere. They both entered new schools this year so it's been quite a change for them.
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| 15 SEP 2011 at 1:46pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Location: AU
Status : Offline | Oh good. That's precisely how I improved my husband's relationship with our two boys. I put him on the school run and suddenly they all had half an hour together every day. Family life at home really improved when they all got to know each other properly.
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| 25 OCT 2012 at 10:31pm |
CBPrivate Detective
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Joined: 5 NOV 2011
Location: US, CT
Status : Offline | Hello Sandy
Yeah, well my experience with Irene didn't work out for the best. Love reading these old posts and remembering how we all coped around here and making the best of things with long-term power outages. I learned my lesson and purchased a small generator earlier this summer. Plan accordingly and hopefully I and other members on the US east coast will get through this one unscathed. It's ironic that just the other day I was talking to my brother-in-law about this years hurricane season or rather lack of one...
Give a man a fish: He will eat for a day.
Give a man a rod: He will sit on a boat and drink beer all day. - USA Network
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| 26 OCT 2012 at 6:14am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | Don't stay at home to be flooded. Go outside and be sucked up to the land of Oz...... no, wait.... that's a tornado isn't it? Okay, scratch that, stock up on chocolate and a few good books.
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| 26 OCT 2012 at 7:41pm |
HelenGuild Master
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Joined: 12 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | Yeah, Halloween may be a bust here, they're calling it "Frankenstorm" :s
But nothing on the scale of what your neck of the woods has to worry about.
Hope you stay safe and comfortable CB.
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| 26 OCT 2012 at 7:42pm |
HelenGuild Master
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Location: US
Status : Offline | Im not understanding why sometimes the smilies work for me and sometimes they dont.???
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