Right, so, we understand. We’re really some of the lucky ones, since we got power back so quickly (for the record, three and a half days, give or take). We’re not even bitching — really — about the lack of TV, since we understand there’s only so many DirecTV crews, and our house too tall (by a lot) for either of us to be willing to go up there and straighten the dish ourselves. For one thing, we’d have to find a ladder that tall first. That’s on us. We’re cool with it.
But for the love of God, Jesus, and Bear Bryant, is it too much to ask for phone and Internet service to last for more than 36 hours without yet another 2-to-12 hour dead period? The storm was nearly three weeks ago, for Christ’s sake. See, this makes it bloody hard for half of us to work, and puts a serious crimp on our ability to keep up with our still-out-of-reach TV shows, and in general makes us both grumpy.
So. Get on this, will you? KTHXBI.
14+ days here, never lost satelite, and phone was on day afer storm. Internet goes up and down now but almost back to norm. The answer is to bury lines. Note your nat gas was not affected by the storm.
I read something about the pros and cons of burying lines after the storm. It’s great for wind protection, but once flooding starts happening you’re much more fucked with buried lines, and it takes much more effort to locate and fix problems. Also, it’s WAY more expensive, which I certainly don’t want to pay for.
common practice in Netherlands who know a thing or two about floods. By the way we wil be footing the 5 Billion dollar repair bill next summer. Believe the buried solution is 20 Billion. My dad buried all of his line going into the deer pArk refinery when he built the cogen site with Calpine. refineries commonly use three different grids. They were out of power for three days until water receded fixed all switching in 4 days. Of course theyhave a few dollars riding on the juice.