"Monster Storm"? Will the power go off - or won't it?

[GeorgeG]

All I know is it's good to be retired and not have to worry about such things anymore. I worked for an electric utility company for 37 years and it's good to finally have a life.

As for the squirrels, we once had a new V.P. of Customer Service who didn't believe so many outages were caused by squirrels and insisted we show him the dead squirrels (and other critters) as proof. I had my trouble shooters bring them in and would deposit a box full of toasted carcasses on his desk every few days. It didn't take long for him to become a believer.

 

[C.Ann]

All I know is it's good to be retired and not have to worry about such things anymore. I worked for an electric utility company for 37 years and it's good to finally have a life.

As for the squirrels, we once had a new V.P. of Customer Service who didn't believe so many outages were caused by squirrels and insisted we show him the dead squirrels (and other critters) as proof. I had my trouble shooters bring them in and would deposit a box full of toasted carcasses on his desk every few days. It didn't take long for him to become a believer.

My widowed sister lives right down the road from you - in Lady Lake.. Smart woman - although she made the move for health reasons..

I am NOT going to call her today and say, "How is the weather?"

 

[Minnesota!]

Like I said, it makes me wonder about the powerlines in the rest of the country--we have the high winds and snow too.

I have wondered that myself. My old house - we would lose it a few times a year (and we thought that was A LOT!!!!). In our current house - we have been there 15 months and it went out 1x this summer for some reason.

I cannot understand though why all these areas have such poor grids! Who knew MN did it best!

 

[GeorgeG]

My widowed sister lives right down the road from you - in Lady Lake.. Smart woman - although she made the move for health reasons..

I am NOT going to call her today and say, "How is the weather?"

Today was very pleasant, a bit on the breezy side. It was pretty cold last weekend, though.

 

[C.Ann]

Today was very pleasant, a bit on the breezy side. It was pretty cold last weekend, though.

"Cold"?? HOW "cold"??

Good to know it's nice weather down there though.. That's a big help for my sister's health issues..

 

[NikitaZee]

We got 5 inches here in my area of Massachusetts - cable and internet went out for awhile, but power's good. We're now getting pretty good winds and wind gusts - I did all my laundry and cleaning early today just in case the power went out.

 

[DVC-Don]

We were supposed to get 1 - 3" but got about 8". Not much wind but it started to rain pretty heavy a short time ago. DD had a day off from high school but DS had classes up at Adirondack Community College. No power "blips" so far.

I just checked the National Grid map and there is not much power out at all around here.

 

[C.Ann]

We were supposed to get 1 - 3" but got about 8". Not much wind but it started to rain pretty heavy a short time ago. DD had a day off from high school but DS had classes up at Adirondack Community College.

I think our total here was 8" - no rain.. No power issues either - knock on wood..

 

[Shelly F - Ohio]

Just windy here in Cleveland Ohio and the power is on and our power lines are underground thank goodness.

 

[GeorgeG]

"Cold"?? HOW "cold"??

Good to know it's nice weather down there though.. That's a big help for my sister's health issues..

It was getting down into the 30s overnight and the 40s-60s during the day. I have serious doubts about global warming.

 

[C.Ann]

It was getting down into the 30s overnight and the 40s-60s during the day. I have serious doubts about global warming.

Really?? Guess that wasn't much fun - and certainly not what you moved to Florida for!!