No power until Thursday =(

[ShawnD1]

Remind me why we don't bury power lines again?

In canada we do. Then again it snows here every year so we try to stay ready.

 

[digiram]

That sucks, I was stuck on the Thruway trying to get home from work durring the October storm in WNY a few years back. My neighborhood lost power for over a week. Had to get a generator to run the sumpump. Basement was flooded and all... not fun.

 

[dank69]

Something like 800,000+ customers in Connecticut still without power and for many of them Thursday would be the best case scenario. People in less densely populated areas of the state might be out until early next week. My sister's town is 100% out and they have no idea when they might be restored. It could be tomorrow and it could be next Tuesday.

This. I'll be elated if I have power back by Thursday. More likely not until next week.

 

[PatrickBateman]

Trouble was that it's only October. The trees haven't shed their leaves yet plus the snow was very heavy.

this.
All the trees around here are still full of nice green leaves adding heavy wet snow caused many to bend, then break. My sons friends house had a tree fall into their house

 

[MotF Bane]

The rest of my town is up, all streets surrounding mine are up, even smaller roads are up... but i'm out, and there aren't any trucks working the area.

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[isekii]

same here as well~ i assume you're in Jersey ?

 

[MBrown]

Just got my power back here in NH.

 

[Jeff7]

Remind me why we don't bury power lines again?

The usual: Saves money now, but at at the expense of constant repairs and downtime later. (Or it's also to keep people employed, like why we here in PA like to build paper-thin roads that fall apart without eternal rework.)

Short-term gains for long-term costs. As a species, it's something we tend to do constantly.

 

[ShawnD1]

The usual: Saves money now, but at at the expense of constant repairs and downtime later. (Or it's also to keep people employed, like why we here in PA like to build paper-thin roads that fall apart without eternal rework.)

They do that because of the freeze/thaw cycle. Even if you make the roads thick, they will still break and the whole thing needs to be patched or torn out.