Thank you for your efforts in every possible weather scenario Robert. That is one dangerous job on a good day. There is a utility station locally, and I can't recall how many guys are walking around with lost limbs and hands and fingers from a quick brush against a hot wire. Kinda hard to see what's up with 6 cords of tree and wet leaves on top sometimes.
Nearly political post -- The US electrical infrastructure was started many moons ago, and could in large part use a great deal of rebuilding and restructure, but many issues, like, environmental lawsuits and early retire of utility crews often gets in the way. I'm tempted to use California as an example of how not to do electricity, but I'll leave that alone for tonight. I made a trip down route 63 in CT today, and noticed a crew fixing what looked like 1930s pole tops. The horizontal lumber atop the pole looked pretty much like two by fours holding up a two wire system, whatever that means.
This recent storm is yet another example of how cutting crew numbers and those with $eniority results in longer power outages. It's not unusual these days to be without power for a week or more. I don't recall it being like that prior to the 1980s.
