[freeandfreezing]

Except you didn't have 150 mph winds up there.

True, we have trees that break with tons of ice stuck to them that bring down all of the power lines. In one of the larger ice storms of the last 20 years wires were on the ground all over southern NH, with broken poles very common.

We had all hands on deck to cut trees, linemen from all over here to help, and remarkably the power was back in a week or two.

Re-building some of the high voltage infrastructure in Louisiana is a bigger project. I am sure resources are heading to the state from all over to help out.

[ealgeone]

I was in Florida when Andrew hit. One day on I-95 I witnessed about 100 power trucks from out of state heading south.

Dudes were making some serious OT!