Be glad its not winter.
45 hours in the dark a few miles from Interstate 83 in PA—and all that is wrong is one tripped pole fuse, no downed wires, no blown transformers.
It is now the state of Disconnecticut.
Power Outages?!?!? Oh the humanity!!! God forbid if we can’t access our cable tv, internet, and charge our cell phones for 2 entire days.
I still say this CT in the black outcome is a result of towns and cities regulating the cutting down or prohibiting the removing of ones own trees. Permits need to be applied for to cut foliage on property you own. Utilities need to get written and possibly notarized permission from property owners to trim and remove trees that threaten the overhead lines.
Excessive regulation kills us again.
NH still has about 65000 households without power.
There were people in this forum calling folks in the Northeast crybabies, yesterday.
Yeah, power outages are no big deal unless you need electricity to pump your water and you can’t afford a generator.
> supposedly crews from Canada are supposed to roll into north
> central CT late tonight.
Notice that these line crews are not coming from the USGov, neither are they coming from the States. Same thing happens when the Northeast US has major power outages due to ice storms. We get WAY more help from Canada than we do from any of the States or the FedGov. And we pay for it through our electric bills, so we don’t burden anybody else with our troubles.
But we’re not complaining. Just saying that we’ll still be ready to lend a hand like we always do, without minimizing what people are going through because we think we’re tougher than they are.
My mother reports that the lights came on for her at 5 AM this morning. She lives on a main street, but in a rather rural area.
You mean that little tropical storm created this!!! Yikes!
Well, at least your temp. didn’t get up to 105 degrees today...like mine did in NW Harris Cty, TX. I have electricity and A/C so no biggy.
My niece in NJ lost power the first night...they say it won’t be restored until next Monday.
Hundreds of thousands of trees down in NY, NJ, PA and New England. Billions in damages to properties and in business losses.
The videos on You-Tube from places like Brattleboro, VT. and Amsterdam, NY are astounding.
No doubt about it, FRiends...this was a huge storm.
Fortunately, unlike Katrina, it took place in states where people know how to take care of themselves, or the results would be much worse.
I have heard of no incidents of looting, either.
People are helping one another and Emergency responders are doing an outstanding job.
“keeps climbing”
I would lay cash money on a jobs bill that concentrates on our electrical grid, complete with 1) minority preference, 2) Chinese materials, 3) green tech, and 4) the Google-bama NWO ‘chip’ as part of the smart grid. We may even see new thermometers distributed and installed by former census-now EPA personnel.
This ain’t nothing. Wait until Barry shuts down all the power plants and we’re all without electricity. I guess we can do a flash mob at one of those “wind farms” and all blow on those windmills.
Get used to it. If the eco-freaks and the EPA get their way, you’ll be sitting in the dark all the time ... and your electric car won’t run either!
lights out in cheshire?