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Alarmed-Yak-5033 t1_j1o845c wrote
And here I am complaining about having no internet for 48 hours
otakugrey OP t1_j1oafxu wrote
Goddamnit I meant county, aw fuck.
HunterThompsonsentme t1_j1q08xf wrote
We can't stop here...this is Hancock country
200Dachshunds t1_j1obe1v wrote
For once I’m glad to be in the CMP section of Hancock, we were out only 24 hours.
MathematicianGlum880 t1_j1rh2en wrote
I’m thinking outlanders should have checked to see how often Mainers loose power before making the decision to move here. I’ve always lived in Southern Maine and there have been times we have lost power in my 62 years of life, but beyond Freeport….it’s a given!!
VegUltraGirl t1_j1pufvc wrote
No power now for over 60 hrs…in Oxford county
Korathaexplorah t1_j1qafbi wrote
I dont understand how, but I never lost power out in Sullivan. My wife went out Christmas Eve for stuff and had to drive all the way to Ellsworth because the stores close to us lost power. How the hell did the main highway lose power and not me, way out in the woods?
TheTr7nity t1_j1of8am wrote
That is wild
crowislanddive t1_j1oj6c9 wrote
Versant is shitting the bed so badly on this.
raynedanser t1_j1padfc wrote
Are you kidding me? We live in a very rural state and they had close to 60,000 customers without power. Nearly as much as the ice storm. The employees are giving up their Christmas to get everyone going again and anyone bitching just sounds like an ungrateful brat. The fact they've gotten as many people going again as quickly as they have is pretty impressive.
RuinTrajectory t1_j1pscep wrote
Not to mention that most power co employees are now on their 3rd straight week without a day off due to the storm last weekend as well.
crowislanddive t1_j1pg9eh wrote
I’m not kidding you. Their website gives very little/no restoration data and there was a single crew in our town today.
intent107135048 t1_j1pn9ab wrote
What do you mean? They have a live outage map and said there are over 100 crews working on Christmas Day.
Sometimes we just have to accept that we live in a rural state in a corner of the country. I make sure to have days’ worth of supplies and either a generator or a way to heat the house without power.
raynedanser t1_j1pjbr4 wrote
You poor thing. What do you want " x street in your town will be back at this exact time" ? You sound so spoiled. What are you, 12? With that much wide spread damage, they were doing the best they could - on Christmas Day no less.
hike_me t1_j1ptkvl wrote
There are multiple trees hung on the power lines, and multiple completely downed lines within a mile of my house. Multiply that for every neighborhood in their territory.
crowislanddive t1_j1sminz wrote
Really? I had no idea. Thanks for that.
hike_me t1_j1st6du wrote
🤷🏼♂️Not sure what more you expect given the circumstances. It’s not like they can have an infinite supply of line workers just sitting around waiting for the storm to hit so they can restore everyone’s power within an hour.
crowislanddive t1_j1zzfls wrote
I expect reasonable information and updates. I do not have power and their communication has been abysmal.
RNprn t1_j1py7uh wrote
Versant did well for us! We lost power for just over 12 hours. We feel bad for everyone who's still dealing with this!
hike_me t1_j1of0kc wrote
I’ve been without power since 8:30AM Friday.
Fiber optic internet is still up though, and I still have enough propane to run the generator for a few more days.
I’ve been turning my generator off when I go to bed to conserve propane. I heated my living room up to 74 before I shut it off last night and it was around 60 this morning.