[freekitty]

I am with Dewhurst. This is technology for the better? Yeah right. What about the people that have medical issues at home. So much for telling them. What about the surgeons that may have been performing surgery?

What fools. They didn’t plan anything. They relied on computers.

[bgill]

What about the people that have medical issues at home

Medical or emergency services and people on those lines did not have their electricity turned off.

We had a blackout for about 20 minutes but when they turned it back on, the surge blew the transformer. My biggest complaint was the electric company sent all calls to their answering machine so any emergency call was ignored. We didn't have electricity for over 6 hours until we finally got someone and gave them some bs story to get them out before nightfall.

[tbw2]

The winter of 1976-1977 was colder than this one. 1988-89 was as cold as this, with as many "ice days". Therefore, this is not a 1 in a 100 years storm but 1 in about 15 years - thus they should plan for it.

Part of the problem was meeting growing population demands with wind - and the turbines froze. The other problem was shutting down power to all industrial plants to heat homes - including the natural gas plants, shutting several of them down.

[tbw2]

The winter of 1976-1977 was colder than this one. 1988-89 was as cold as this, with as many "ice days". Therefore, this is not a 1 in a 100 years storm but 1 in about 15 years - thus they should plan for it.

Part of the problem was meeting growing population demands with wind - and the turbines froze. The other problem was shutting down power to all industrial plants to heat homes - including the natural gas plants, shutting several of them down.