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On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Michael D. Thomas wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 13:08:46 -0800 (PST) David Wagoner <dbwagoner AT yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > They have been stressing on the radio the last
> > couple of days that some types of damage (e.g.,
> > electrical connections to the house, etc.) are
> > the homeowner's responsibility 
> 
> A Progress Energy linesman was nice enough
> to inspect the aerial drop and check our
> breaker. No damage and the breaker was on.
> 
> The latest promises have been, in the order
> that we've received them:
> 
> 1) A crew is in front of your house right 
> now;
> 2) By 10:00 p.m. tonight;
> 3) By midnight tonight;
> 4) Oh wait, I meant by 10:00 p.m. tonight;
> 5) By Thursday.
> 
> Oh well, since we plan to stay in the house
> a while, and CP&L will be our power company
> for a while, who can recommend a good
> generator?

We lost power at 1am Wednesday night. The rest of the neighborhood 
(1/2mile from Crabtree Mall) had power Sunday night, but the three houses 
at the end of my street (including mine) were still dark. Mike, when you 
posted earlier about being a cluster of three houses in Raleigh in a 
neighborhood with restored power, I had to look and check you hadn't moved 
in across the street without me noticing :). 

My next door neighbor had a city inspection required on Monday before 
they'd consent to turn his power back on when the lines are repaired.They 
just fixed the lines a half-hour ago, so now I can quit camping in my 
friend's basement. 

We're already figuring where the generator needs to go in the house for 
the next winter storm. 

CP&L's automated system kept calling me back every day asking if I had had 
power restored and I kept choosing "no", but I never got through to a 
human being the entire time. 

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Steve Burnett    burnett AT pobox.com   http://www.pobox.com/~burnett/
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