JCP&L is up to 370k out of 1.2M. Customers are getting pissed on twitter. I trust that they're doing the work in the order that makes sense. 25% restored in my town, mostly near the highways.
PSE&G restored 900k+ customers Wednesday. JCP&L only restored 160k, they said they had to deal with transmission issues before localized repairs. They restored 1000 out of 6000 in my town. I have high hopes that I'll have power back tomorrow. I jealously drove through PSE&G territory today.
The lines at gas stations are insane. I think most people thought they could avoid the lines by going at night. Sucks for them, lines were worse at night.
Every Hurricane, people refuse to leave and complain about food, water, heat, electricity, etc.
I have almost 10,000 industrial high power NiMH "D" cell batteries sitting in my shop. I could keep my cellphone and netbook running for weeks in the event of an emergency.
I guess it was good that this wasn't a really strong hurricane like a Cat 4 or 5.
It was the equivalent of a Cat 4
The current old scale of using safir simpson wind chart only for storm classification is beyond ridiculous.
That might be jumping to conclusions. You're ignoring that a lot of people's apartments were *under water.* Should they have stocked up on Scuba supplies to be able to swim in and get that food out? Or should they have hid it in a tree, displacing the nuts stored by the squirrels?If your gonna stay against advise to leave at least prepare yourself for something, 2 days in and the squawking started, It's unclear if those who were upset were in a mandatory evacuation zone or not, in any event though not having 2 days worth of food knowing that beast is bearing down on you is just dumb, can you spring for a couple cans of Dinty Moore to get ready??..
See Dave's post. Google "Integrated Kinetic Energy" and see what it says about hurricanes. There are a lot of things wrong with the Saffir Simpson scale that's based solely on sustained wind speeds at the surface.I guess it was good that this wasn't a really strong hurricane like a Cat 4 or 5.
Marone said workers have been yelled at and have had eggs thrown at their trucks. He said one of the workers who was harassed is a lifelong Bridgeport resident who was working to restore power in his own city.
http://blog.ctnews.com/sandy/2012/11/01/ui-says-workers-are-being-harassed/
They should just leave the power off.
Wow, wtf is wrong with people. These workers are struggling to keep up with this mammoth task and all people can do is harass them. It's disgusting that some people act like this.
From what I understand, gas is only a problem due to perceived scarcity.
Hotel is still without power outside Philly;You really want to be pissed, go about a week without power when by day 2 power is up about 3 blocks away. Damn bastards on the hospital grid!
Most people have the mentality of a pile of rocks.That actually sums up why America is in such a mess. People are so incredibly ignorant they are actually hurting themselves.
They dont know why things happen. They dont understand how to fix them. They dont know who is supposed to fix them. And they blame the wrong people for either damage or lack of damage control.
Fuel exists; just is inaccessible.
Fuel exists; just is inaccessible.
Fuel exists; just is inaccessible.
Fuel exists; just is inaccessible.
That might be jumping to conclusions. You're ignoring that a lot of people's apartments were *under water.* Should they have stocked up on Scuba supplies to be able to swim in and get that food out? Or should they have hid it in a tree, displacing the nuts stored by the squirrels?
See Dave's post. Google "Integrated Kinetic Energy" and see what it says about hurricanes. There are a lot of things wrong with the Saffir Simpson scale that's based solely on sustained wind speeds at the surface.
Yup. The problem is there's a lot of stations with gas and no power to pump it. Then a few stations with power that have long since pumped all their gas. The transportation situation isn't making it easy for the gas trucks to bring fresh fuel in. And then you've got a ton more people on the road since public transport is still mostly down. You've also got a lot of people who want that gas for generators....that's what's causing a lot of the fights. People in cars think they deserve it more, people with jugs dont feel they need to wait in the line with the cars. People come to fill up their truck and also five 10 gallon jugs in their bed - there's no rationing or anything, so everyone is trying to hoard as much as they can. The lines are so outrageous that people don't even know where the end is, since they cross multiple intersections, which further snarls up traffic - there are some one lane roads that are completely blocked by the line. And of course people are running out of gas while waiting in the line, or constantly needing jumps because the batteries can't handle so many stops and starts. It's just so many factors that exacerbate each other, it's just total fucking chaos.
Most gas stations that are open have a police presence at this point to keep it from devolving into total anarchy.