I thought that all our neighborhood had power. How wrong I was. On my way back from my bike ride I saw these crews from Texas setting up trucks on a smaller street down the block. One of the workers said a number of houses at the end of the street had not had power for a week! Yikes! The politicians and residents all over Long Island are furious with the power company for how long it has taken to restore power. The power company arranged for 1600 crews from out of state to be in place before the storm hit. They had tried to get 2500 crews. Crews have been arriving every day from all over the country. They are saying that the number of power outages were way more than first estimated. So maybe the power company has been doing a good job. The thing that they are guilty of is having a phone and texting reporting system that completely collapsed under the onslaught of calls. One story in the paper mentioned a man who tried to call in because a broken 4000 volt line was down in his back yard, and was setting fire to the grass. The fire department came and said they couldn't do a thing because the line was still live, but even the firemen couldn't call the power company! Man, that is messed up! Supposedly, all the repairs were supposed to be finished by Wednesday night.
That is scary that a live wire is starting a fire and the electric company cannot be reached in an emergency. At lease NY planned ahead with having crews arrive before the storm. There are still a few in Connecticut that have yet to have their power restored.
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Thank goodness for the power crews from neighboring states to help in NY and CT. There were still people without power in Glastonbury as of yesterday. It was worse having no A/C in all the high heat. And especially the homes with no water because they have wells. Yikes! Hope that everyone will be back to "normal"...betsey
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