1. Most of those guys love their jobs.I feel bad for the power utility workers already putting in 12-18 hour days... another storm is the last thing they need, even if its relatively calm it doesn't make being in a cherry picker with high winds any easier...
better odds though
# people killed by earthquakes in CA vs. # people killed by storms, etc. in NE?
1. Most of those guys love their jobs.
2. A journeyman linesman makes $42 an hour. For storm duty, starting at hour 1, they're paid double time. They work 16-17 hour days, 7 days a week. That's $9,996 per week (before taxes.) Their hotel rooms are paid for, their meals are catered for them. It's really hard on them, but they love it.
I think a lot of the people in these forums have worked far more hours than that without falling asleep while driving home.That's a 119 hour week, you would think for their own safety they should be told to take a day off, I've worked 2 weeks, back to back 7 days, 70+ hrs each week, only did it once as on day 14 I fell asleep on I-95 on the way home and damm near wrecked. I told my boss that as much as I loved that huge $$ paycheck at 50yrs old that's too much for me, he was cool with it and scheduled in a day off every 10 days for everyone.
I think a lot of the people in these forums have worked far more hours than that without falling asleep while driving home.
I'm not so sure about that. A once in a century storm, plus the smaller number for each individual storm in the NE will be blown away when you guys get your once in a century Earthquake.
how many people have been killed by snowstorms in NE over the past 100 years?
I say no. And, if someone's killed in an accident because they were traveling too fast for the road conditions... Well, I just answered that one. It's not "because of the weather," it's "because they were traveling too fast for the road conditions." Stupidity claims lives 365 days a year; we shouldn't really count deaths due to stupidity during storms (or Earthquakes) as being cause by those events.Not heavily publicized info.
At least 2-3 a year for those that are in the bumps and not prepared.
Exposure or avalanche.
Those in the flats due to lack of heat over a 2-3 day period could be a half dozen of more per storm. Many times those deaths are storm related in one form or another, but not "caused" by the storm.
A person has a heart attack while shoveling or gets hit by a sliding vehicle.
Do they count?
how many people have been killed by snowstorms in NE over the past 100 years?
Not sticking down here in the Philly area; been coming down since about 11AM.Good God, it's snowing like a bitch out there and it's sticking. This looks like a version of last year's October snowstorm that wiped out power for a million customers in Connecticut. Just what we need a week after a hurricane when crews are still working to restore power to people who have been in the dark all this time.
Ayup. At least the trees up here in NE CT are 90% leafless this time.Good God, it's snowing like a bitch out there and it's sticking.
when the fuck did we start naming snowstorms?
October 2011: 'Winter storm Alfred'when the fuck did we start naming snowstorms?
when the fuck did we start naming snowstorms?