[oldvike]

What will it take to get your power back--who will have to do the work--the local power companies? Now that the roads are clear, do you think that they can repair the lines soon?

Think about this, you have thousands of miles of secondary country roads serving all the rural areas. Probably 75% of the poles and 95% of the lines need replacing. That's going to be a long, drawn out job. Thankfully, our local power companies have been receing help form crews from SC, TN and MI (that's just the one's I've seen).

The major cities (towns over 1000 people) are coming back on line pretty quickly. It's all the folks in those rural areas who are hurting. If everybody has power within a month I'd be completely shocked.

[TSgt]

It's all the folks in those rural areas who are hurting. If everybody has power within a month I'd be completely shocked.

Very true especially considering many of these power companies are electric cooperatives.