“CL&P needs to hold their workers over and have them work through the night.”
Yeah, just keep them on the clock indefinitely until the job is done. While the governor puts in his 8 hours (or less) and goes home every night to sleep.
Fact is, these linemen and electricians are probably working 16 hour shifts with 8 hours off to drive home, eat, sleep, shower, and be ready to work again the next shift. After about 5+ days of that, they’re tired.
>>these linemen and electricians are probably working 16 hour shifts with 8 hours off to drive home, eat, sleep, shower, and be ready to work again the next shift. After about 5+ days of that, they’re tired.
That is exactly what they are doing. CL&P requires crews to work a max of 16 hours when the outage is expected to be prolonged, though they did say that when it gets close to the end, they ask for volunteers to work 20 hours.
Our governor is an a-hole. I mean, hello? It’s the worst power outage in state’s history, with the worst tree damage we’ve seen since the 1938 Hurricane.