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day 4, no power on the farm

Wow. Mom and Dad are entering day 4 with no power. There has been no single time when the power was off for this long, in the entire 26+ years they've been there.

Sure, it went out several times every year, and we got used to it. But it was back on within a day or two.

I blame cutbacks in AEP.

I heard three news items this morning: they (AEP) hope to have 90% of outages back up by noon tomorrow (weather and new outages permitting), they've brought back retirees and people they laid off for this emergency, they're bringing people in from other states/companies, and they themselves were already helping out with outages in Indiana.

Meanwhile, I'm sure my dad is keeping his gas tanks full for the generator.

Posted by gigamatt on July 9, 2003 8:19 AM |

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