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freshwest

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22. Well, of course!! And life sucks, you suffer and then you die. Where are my worms for dinner?

Reply to jpak (Reply #13)

Sat Nov 10, 2012, 09:34 PM

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Our disgraceful inability to restore power in times of emergency. [View all] Stinky The Clown Nov 2012 OP

Uh, what do you mean by "our inability"? Private sector power companies are responsible for not kelliekat44 Nov 2012 #1

Long Island is served by LIPA, a government owned/operated utility... PoliticAverse Nov 2012 #3

Thanks for the information. freshwest Nov 2012 #18

Still the private sector rules kelliekat44 Nov 2012 #27

Such language, is it from a sales brochure? I am biased toward public, since mine is. freshwest Nov 2012 #31

Would be no different if it nationalised dipsydoodle Nov 2012 #4

It seems the problem is less a lack of engineers as it is linemen (workers). And hurricanes... freshwest Nov 2012 #19

All good points. But it is funny how so many can make reasonable explanations when entities other kelliekat44 Nov 2012 #28

I think some people are born under a complaining star, or something. Nothing can ever satisfy. freshwest Nov 2012 #30

Having worked utility reconstruction, we knew the company waited for disasters to charge off costs freshwest Nov 2012 #2

Sounds like a workforce to bury powerlines maxrandb Nov 2012 #5

What a great idea. We are so far behind the curve in this area and cbayer Nov 2012 #6

Per my husband: Underground cables means pad mounted transformers Ship of Fools Nov 2012 #14

I wasn't aware of that. I thought New Orleans had a long range plan to do this, cbayer Nov 2012 #15

Almost all UG systems are fed by overhead lines Ship of Fools Nov 2012 #16

Yes, the pad transformers do flood. That form of UG only prevents outage to the serivce address. freshwest Nov 2012 #20

Pad mounted transformers can be designed as submersible transformers brentspeak Nov 2012 #32

Power restoration is not always that easy hollysmom Nov 2012 #7

There's also a shortage of trained workers...they're retiring and there's not enough to replace them Lars39 Nov 2012 #8

Our antiquated grid in our area ofTexas has been failing more and more frequently Horse with no Name Nov 2012 #9

+1. Power used to go out at my house every month for a couple of hours. It's better now. Still goes Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #23

Several years ago we had a severe wind storm in St. Louis Sherman A1 Nov 2012 #10

I live in a rural area with a co-op service. No power means no water since we have wells in this appleannie1 Nov 2012 #11

The power companies could prevent a lot of outages by trimming trees properly FarCenter Nov 2012 #12

Or the county/city/state could do it. jp11 Nov 2012 #17

The lines are in an easement. The utility companies have the right to maintain the lines. freshwest Nov 2012 #21

Obama done it!!!!!1111 jpak Nov 2012 #13

Well, of course!! And life sucks, you suffer and then you die. Where are my worms for dinner? freshwest Nov 2012 #22

Heard on NPR that Gov. Cuomo is spittin mad at some power company... Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #24

Maybe our Governmnet needs to set up an organization like the German THW... TheMightyFavog Nov 2012 #25

People have become so spoiled that instant service is seen as a right. Odin2005 Nov 2012 #26

We're not spoiled, you are just too young to remember when things were owned by communities Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #33

And burying power lines is not a good move when subject to salt water flooding. hobbit709 Nov 2012 #29

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