no power, anyone else?

[Trip]

We sent linemen ya'll way along with a bunch of other utilities from this area and surrounding area. So ya'll got some serious help on restoring the lines.

[VatorMan]

Originally Posted by derf

When I left this morning the guy with the power outlet had a pair of amputee legs plugged in charging...



Need anything? I'm told I should hasn't power tonight

Nope I'm back under power ! You need anything ? Where are you located ?

[derf]

Originally Posted by VatorMan

Nope I'm back under power ! You need anything ? Where are you located ?

Nope, power popped on about an hour ago. Had another of my neighbors steaks just as it came on.

-break-

I'm being told that this is the 3rd worst power outage ever, and that it is the worst ever not caused by a hurricane or snow

[Trip]

Originally Posted by derf

it is the worst ever not caused by a hurricane or snow

Not even close, the northeast blackout is the worst by a long way in the USA and it was caused by trees and some other factors

You are talking about 50 million vs 1.5 million in this one.

[derf]

Originally Posted by Trip

Not even close, the northeast blackout is the worst by a long way in the USA and it was caused by trees and some other factors

You are talking about 50 million vs 1.5 million in this one.

Thats what I thought, but the way it was explained was by hours per person of electricity lost. During the northeast blackout most had power back on later that night, including myself, this one is 3 days for me, and there are folks around here still being told it will be the end of the week or later before power is restored.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by derf

Thats what I thought, but the way it was explained was by hours per person of electricity lost. During the northeast blackout most had power back on later that night, including myself, this one is 3 days for me, and there are folks around here still being told it will be the end of the week or later before power is restored.

It's still relatively low, I have seen number froms 2 mill to 1.5 mill. It's not a huge outage. The new york one was about 20 million. The duration could definitely be it though since they eliminated snow and hurricanes.

[derf]

The numbers being reported on the local news yesterday were in the 5 million range, this morning it was down to 3, and on my way home it was at 1.5mil. I wasnt really paying attention to the numbers friday night because I didnt really grasp what had happened until late on saturday. I went away for the weekend to visit friends just north of richmond, they lost power (still dont have any) but thought it was a local problem until I started seeing posts from neighbors talking about power outages.

[Gas Man]

Originally Posted by Trip

We sent linemen ya'll way along with a bunch of other utilities from this area and surrounding area. So ya'll got some serious help on restoring the lines.

This is normal. Power companies are always shipping guys & trucks out of town to help. Very normal. I know a bunch of power company workers that are always going out of town.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

This is normal. Power companies are always shipping guys & trucks out of town to help. Very normal. I know a bunch of power company workers that are always going out of town.

Yeah, I know... Being a power company guy and all.

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Gas Man

This is normal. Power companies are always shipping guys & trucks out of town to help. Very normal. I know a bunch of power company workers that are always going out of town.

Kind of a mutual aide type thing, becasue other regions will need helpdown the road.

A buddy of mine works for verizon and he went down to VA or the carolinas when one of th ebigger hurricianes hit in the early 2000's. Was there for 6 weeks but made a ton of overtime