Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations Ike... Be gentle!

I've got no problems with the repair crews or their schedulers, Sunil. Possibly they jumped South more than they should have, but that's human.

It would take freaking forever for an area to recover from major power problems like this if repair crews weren't shipped in from all over the country to help out. They drive several states and then bust their hump around the clock, in all weather. About ten years ago we were out of power for 4 days in July (miserably hot and humid). The repair crew that got us back on line, at about 1:30 in the morning, were from Louisiana. They had been working 2 days straight since they got to Ohio.

This time is also much nicer than Christmas 2004, when we lost power for 5 days after an ice storm and had temperatures in the teens and 20's.