I guess the Northeast isn't the only place full of people with no concept of reality.
I wonder where is FEMA, where is Obama, where is the National Guard. Oh I forgot, Bush is not president so it is no big deal. Suck it up people.
Watch the MSM twist themselves into knots to avoid making government look bad
Times-Picayune
Soon to be published only 3 days a week
So,
Black people suffocate,
And Obama campaigns.
It’s Obama’s fault, but don’t despair, Sean Penn is on his way.
Remember the old Lily Tomlin fake commercial: “We don’t have to care, we’re the telephone company” Could easily substitute electric company.
“I guess the Northeast isn’t the only place full of people with no concept of reality. “
The reality is that Entergy trucks were parked in lots and workers sat doing nothing. There didn’t seem to be any urgency. People just wanted some idea about the scope of the work and when they could expect power so they could make some decisions. The storm was barely a Cat 1 and there was minimal damage in Orleans Parish. So the question is: What is taking so long?
Several workers from out of state went to Bourbon Street and partied. There were reports that workers wanted to milk the work and make more money. That didn’t help.
If folks want a taste of really bad utility service, come to the Washington-Baltimore region. I live in BGE-land. BGE is even worse than PEPCO.
We had a 45-minute windstorm with a modest amount of rain back in early July. Over 75% of BGE customers lost power. I didn’t get my power back for four days. The funny thing is, I didn’t actually lose power until the day after the storm. I was fortunate. There were folks without power for over a week. That’s not unusual. I’ve lost power in bright, sun-shiney weather with barely a breeze in the air.
We seldom get hit by more than a bad thunderstorm. Yet, I average over 10 days per year without power. I finally had a 20KW generator installed, but the propane bill for even a few days comes to hundreds of dollars.
NO one was told it might be a week or LONGER. Major storms 50 years ago didn't take this long to restore power to areas that have NO DAMAGE, and there is NO evidence of Entergy trucks working nobody has seen them at all. There have been more Elvis sightings than Entergy truck sightings.
Would have you have been okay with hundreds of trucks (we've been told) sitting in a WalMart parking lot supposedly “waiting for orders”, “waiting to be deployed”?
This is about Obama coming and waving his hand to magically fix everything.
This is about power, payoff and Unions. THAT is what this is about.
On the flip side, many can't afford to stay someplace that has power and A/C in the interim and it is hot and humid down in this neck of the woods - if folks have breathing problems they will suffer and some may die. Hell, after Katrina we had power in S. MS within 5 days - an amazing feat by the crews who banmded together.
No,actually they weren't, because nobody had any idea how long that thing would take to move through, and the severity of the damage it would inflict.
There are downed utility lines, transformers, and poles by the thousands, not to mention reconnecting the service drop to your house, if it's any condition to be reconnected to.
Some people will not get power for a month or more if they have damage to the service service distribution equipment they own and are responsible for, which is from the weather head on down.
There are crews from 29 states working 24/7.
Agree with the people having no concept of reality though, there is absolutely no doubt about that.