To: Nachoman
"I'm expecting power outages, and preparing for worst case of 3 days without power."
My Dad and I were discussing potential power outages here today and wondering what impact there might be from so many crews being dispatched to FL, AL, MS, and LA. I have no idea if it would make a difference in response/repair time or not but thought I'd mention it.
1,088 posted on
09/21/2005 8:58:17 PM PDT by
RoseyT
(Lufkin)
To: RoseyT
Lost power for three weeks during Alicia, cat 3.
1,093 posted on
09/21/2005 9:00:20 PM PDT by
eastforker
(Under Cover FReeper going dark(too much 24))
To: RoseyT
"My Dad and I were discussing potential power outages here today and wondering what impact there might be from so many crews being dispatched to FL, AL, MS, and LA. I have no idea if it would make a difference in response/repair time or not but thought I'd mention it." My experience is that it does. After Ivan, we had power back in less than two days. After Katrina, we were out for a week and Ivan hit us harder than Katrina. I heard someone say that the crews that would normally respond to our needs were drawn to south Florida to fix Katrina damage there.
1,102 posted on
09/21/2005 9:04:16 PM PDT by
blam
(Mobile, Alabama)
To: RoseyT
Texas began recalling everyone including our National Guard troops, Texas Task Force One, and utility crews yesterday.
1,180 posted on
09/21/2005 9:33:39 PM PDT by
COEXERJ145
(Cindy Sheehan, Pat Buchanan, John Conyers, and David Duke Are Just Different Sides of the Same Coin.)
To: RoseyT
Many of those crews are back home. Utility companies from the rest of the US are mobilizing to come down and help out.
1,206 posted on
09/21/2005 9:41:44 PM PDT by
Spktyr
(Dallas TX (Overwhelminglysuperiorfirepowerandthewillingnesstouseitistheonlyprovenpeacesolution))
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