Ok so it snowed.Big whoop. Then it rained, then it iced, causing trees and power lines to snap. Ok fine. so now my complaint----it is freaking cold to not have any electric....believe me I know----it went out Tuesday night and did not come back on till Wednesday night.... very good----mom and dad did not have power until Friday, and still do not have phone service.....then it went out again here Friday night---and let's talk cold---outside it was like 10 degrees---our thermostat in the house did not even register a temp. Thank God for the fireplace and the fact that we had not put anything away from the earlier outage except for putting the mattresses back on the beds so the living room was usable again. All the blankets were still over the windows, the wood box inside still full, and the coleman stove still within reach, as well as all the flashlight--plus I had laid in an extra large supply of batteries.
It came back on last night, just as we pulled back in from BK, where we had opted to go instead of staying in this frigid house trying to cook anything. You should have heard the cries of joy from the kids alone as we pulled up our road watching the lights go on before our eyes, house after house......the house warmed up enough for the boys to sleep in their own rooms--although Shellie and I opted for the mattresses by the fireplace for one more night, and Ron opted for the couch. Next time he gets the mattress and I get the couch....my back hates me now......
The good thing is it was so cold in the rest of the house when the power was out that I don't think we lost anything in the fridge or freezer this time. Not that we had a heck of a lot, but Ron had just stopped Friday afternoon to get milk and juice to replace ours from the earlier outage when it went off again........
I have to give the power company some credit.....everyone I spoke to concerning a time frame for getting it back on was very friendly and answered what they could the best they could. And I am sure they were inundated with similiar calls and not all as friendly as mine--although I have to admit, the longer each dragged on, the less friendly I felt, but it really does no good to scream and cuss someone who is just in a call center and only has the info she/he is given. So I stayed pleasant--after all, my goal was to gain info, not piss someone else off. And I know these crews worked their butts off--and froze them off too---crews from out of state even came in to help, working double shifts and all that. Kudos to them for doing what they could to restore power as soon as they could, even if it seemed like an awful long time to those of us in the dark and cold.
But I also have to lay some blame------these same utility companies that are out working to restore service to thousands are also to blame for the situation..Ok no one can predict what the weather is actually going to do---even though our poor college degreed meteorologists attempt to do so......so who knew that the snow and ice would hit like that and do such damage? Ummmm, most of us who drive rt 10 every day and see the trees laying across the lines and have repeatedly asked these same companies to take care of them, only to be told that it is CHEAPER to wait until the lines are down to do so. That's the answer my parents got when they questioned the phone company about it over the past months, and the answer their neighbors apparently got when they made the same inquiries. Cheaper???? How so??? Hire a tree service to take care of the problem before it starts vs waiting until there is a major problem and then reacting by having to do it then, plus bring others on top of that to fix it. Hmmmm, seems to me the best way to save the company money is to be----here is the buzzword-----PROactive.....
Just my lil' ol' opinion......now I am going to take a bath and get ready to go to the store so we can eat dinner tonight.....may be taking a chance, but gotta eat......
Th
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