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femmocrat

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9. Our power goes out for no apparent reason.
Sun Jul 27, 2014, 10:03 AM
Jul 2014

Beautiful sunny day, not a cloud in the sky and the power will sputter. I read or heard somewhere (?) that the power companies no longer trim the trees, and that is a big part of the problem. They haven't cut back our trees along the road in years.

Longest it was ever out was 3 days during a blizzard a few years ago. We lived huddled around the fireplace. We fared better than many people whose power was out for a week! After that storm, we bought a generator. Fortunately we haven't used it yet! I think of it as an "insurance policy"!

We have so many trees in our area--and above ground power lines--that mnhtnbb Jul 2014 #1
I think you have it worse than I do, my sincere sympathies ! nt steve2470 Jul 2014 #3
I live in key west Max power Jul 2014 #2
every other week ? WTH....how do you all cope with that ? nt steve2470 Jul 2014 #4
Well, here in Fort La di da... Callmecrazy Jul 2014 #5
ha ! So I am not alone in my acute first world suffering :p steve2470 Jul 2014 #6
It's a double edged sword... Callmecrazy Jul 2014 #7
well yea there is that to contend with :p nt steve2470 Jul 2014 #8
It's a 100 degrees here Max power Jul 2014 #20
Our power goes out for no apparent reason. femmocrat Jul 2014 #9
That's all? NV Whino Jul 2014 #10
yea I'm seeing I'm actually pretty fortunate from this thread nt steve2470 Jul 2014 #11
It's pretty rare - maybe once or twice a year. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2014 #12
From my experience the utility companies gvstn Jul 2014 #13
this thing ? steve2470 Jul 2014 #21
Yes. gvstn Jul 2014 #22
Our power goes out at least once a week sammytko Jul 2014 #14
3 years ago our power went out for 5 days..... JeffHead Jul 2014 #15
It rarely goes out sakabatou Jul 2014 #16
Say Generac easychoice Jul 2014 #17
There have been a few lightening strikes in the past week RebelOne Jul 2014 #18
i don't think i've experienced a half dozen real outages in my life fizzgig Jul 2014 #19
I lose power 4-5 times per year on average dr.strangelove Jul 2014 #23
I've Lived RobinA Jul 2014 #24
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