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Made it out for a bit today - 4Runners aren't flashy, but they never let you down. Trees in NE of town even worse than pictures I saw. Obviously, trees down due to ice, but saw some gargantuan ones just completely uprooted from the wind & hills as well. 

 

Power back on around 4 PM today right as the house dropped to 40 degrees, which was my cutoff point to get the hell out with our kids & dogs. It's still out for houses, streets, and areas all around us.

 

Check on those neighbors if you're in a lucky spot, even the seemingly capable ones. Had to help save medication before it froze for our young neighbor with Type 1 diabetes in an even older house.

 

Preparedness and capabilities don't give a damn about this situation. 

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54 minutes ago, Strunk'sDessert said:

@IsntLifeFunny

 

Far from an expert reason for this, but have a buddy that's still a lineman that I catch occasionally.

 

Basically, anyone local is heading into the worst of the north for the pay OR going south to take care of rich communities for a free vacation somewhere warmer. Speaking generally of course. 

 

But yeah, multi-layered issue. 

For sure. There's a lot of factors to it. The linemen teams are doing great work for their numbers. It's a disaster zone out there. 

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10 hours ago, Strunk'sDessert said:

Oh yeah, not shitting on any of the lineman here or elsewhere. Only pointing out reasonable motivations for low local numbers. 

I was saying the same. I was agreeing this is a multifaceted issue not just tied to this or that like you mentioned. The linemen are doing a great job. I wasn't implying you meant anything towards them. 

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