Power back on estimate BR area are in.

You serious Clark?

Hoping they are throwing conservatives update.

Hi neighbor :bingosquare:

I’m bitching too. Maybe this is my sign to move back to ky.

Well it is the first time it’s said anything in 3 hours so it might just be a standard 5 pm for everyone and the reality is sometime in the middle of the night.

every major outage area has May 16th 5pm. must be some generic fill....prolly should be sooner I hope. IEJT here too

They want to under promise and over deliver so expect it to be back at noon on the 16th.

Yeah I got that date too. Out in the Central area.
Guess its a blanket time frame.

Might be how long they think it will take to get the necessary crews in place

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Has always puzzled me why power utilities in storm pron areas are not underground. 10s of billions of dollars have been spent restoring overhead power lines after storms...........but

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Because as expensive as it is to fix overhead lines, it’s still more cost effective to keep fixing them than to run new lines underground.

I think everybody realizes it’s expensive but I think a lot of folks don’t understand how expensive. The cost difference between replacing the uninsulated lines hanging from poles when they get damaged vs. running an entirely new grid underground using larger insulated wire in oil-filled conduit is massive.

I’m in bum fricked north Louisiana but we lost power in the storms last night around 1am. Not expected to be restored until 6pm tomorrow. Glad I hit the bullet on a generator over the winter.