Still no power - hour 55
Well boy howdy is this getting old. At least now, our pals at Dominion Virginia Power will let you speak to a HUMAN who will brightly tell you that power should be restored by 5pm. Oh boy...63 hours from outage. A world record.
This is the only area I've ever lived where I've been required to have a generator due to the number of power outages. Only 4 miles outside the beltway, but I might as well be in another country. Dominion's response estimate on Saturday was 6pm. That came and went, and the next one was 8pm Saturday. Then the estimates stopped. It's Monday morning now and we have no idea whatsoever when the power will come back.
Cox cable was back up early Sunday afternoon.
Since I moved here 18 years ago and noticed the number of power outages, I inquired as to why the lines hadn't been buried given the amount of money and time spent trimming trees throughout the area. I've been given a myriad of ridiculous responses about cost effectiveness. This monopoly that is Dominion doesn't seem to factor in the costs to its customers each time they have to throw out a freezer full of food, find another place for themselves, their children and their pets, their frozen pipes, or the high costs of purchasing a generator to save them from the disruption and other costs.
Why they didn't coordinate with Verizon when they were burying FIOS lines is also a question that I'd like to see answered. Of course, they'll likely never be called to task on this sort of thing. After all, it's not THEIR bottom line that gets hit every time this happens.
I emailed boss to let him know not to expect much out of me today.
This is the only area I've ever lived where I've been required to have a generator due to the number of power outages. Only 4 miles outside the beltway, but I might as well be in another country. Dominion's response estimate on Saturday was 6pm. That came and went, and the next one was 8pm Saturday. Then the estimates stopped. It's Monday morning now and we have no idea whatsoever when the power will come back.
Cox cable was back up early Sunday afternoon.
Since I moved here 18 years ago and noticed the number of power outages, I inquired as to why the lines hadn't been buried given the amount of money and time spent trimming trees throughout the area. I've been given a myriad of ridiculous responses about cost effectiveness. This monopoly that is Dominion doesn't seem to factor in the costs to its customers each time they have to throw out a freezer full of food, find another place for themselves, their children and their pets, their frozen pipes, or the high costs of purchasing a generator to save them from the disruption and other costs.
Why they didn't coordinate with Verizon when they were burying FIOS lines is also a question that I'd like to see answered. Of course, they'll likely never be called to task on this sort of thing. After all, it's not THEIR bottom line that gets hit every time this happens.
I emailed boss to let him know not to expect much out of me today.