Last night, some pretty heavy thunderstorms moved through upstate NY. This is my first summer living in a rural area, and I noticed that the power was out for almost 12 hours after the storm. Around Albany, it was rare for it to be out for more than 15 minutes at a time.
On my street, there was a bucket truck and a dump truck, along with several smaller trucks doing some type of digging, which I found odd since the power lines are overhead. I asked the flagger how severe the outage was, but he had no idea.
This is the second time in a week I've been without power. The first time happened on a perfectly clear night without any wind. I personally don't mind outages, but I can see how people who aren't used to this kind of thing might panic after a while.
On my street, there was a bucket truck and a dump truck, along with several smaller trucks doing some type of digging, which I found odd since the power lines are overhead. I asked the flagger how severe the outage was, but he had no idea.
This is the second time in a week I've been without power. The first time happened on a perfectly clear night without any wind. I personally don't mind outages, but I can see how people who aren't used to this kind of thing might panic after a while.