Comments on: Rockville Power Outage Roundup (Wednesday Afternoon): Most Things Reopened http://rockvillecentral.com/2010/07/rockville-power-outage-roundup-wednesday-afternoon-most-things-reopened.html/ News and views on Rockville, Maryland since 2007 Mon, 28 Feb 2011 21:01:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Temperance Blalock http://rockvillecentral.com/2010/07/rockville-power-outage-roundup-wednesday-afternoon-most-things-reopened.html/comment-page-1/#comment-3484 Temperance Blalock Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:14:06 +0000 http://rockvillecentral.com/?p=6376#comment-3484 One of the things that's so unsettling about these displays of our vulnerability to the weather, and to the lack of access to public utilities, is how much disparity and inconsistency there can be in close proximity. How is it that one building can entirely lose power for three whole days, and yet another building directly across the street never lost power in that whole time? How can one street look as devastated as if it were hit by an F3 tornado, and yet two streets away there's the same serene scene of beautiful towering oaks that have stood unchanged for decades? Yes, there are logical explanations for those discrepancies, but it doesn't resolve the internal confusion about feeling stunned and devastated, while continuing to function as though nothing permanent just happened. One of the things that’s so unsettling about these displays of our vulnerability to the weather, and to the lack of access to public utilities, is how much disparity and inconsistency there can be in close proximity. How is it that one building can entirely lose power for three whole days, and yet another building directly across the street never lost power in that whole time? How can one street look as devastated as if it were hit by an F3 tornado, and yet two streets away there’s the same serene scene of beautiful towering oaks that have stood unchanged for decades?

Yes, there are logical explanations for those discrepancies, but it doesn’t resolve the internal confusion about feeling stunned and devastated, while continuing to function as though nothing permanent just happened.

]]> By: Chas Hausheer http://rockvillecentral.com/2010/07/rockville-power-outage-roundup-wednesday-afternoon-most-things-reopened.html/comment-page-1/#comment-3483 Chas Hausheer Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:55:24 +0000 http://rockvillecentral.com/?p=6376#comment-3483 Maybe it's time to FORCE PEPCO to put at least the main feeder lines underground. Doing that much may help minimize the widespraed nature of storm outages like we recently experienced. Maybe it’s time to FORCE PEPCO to put at least the main feeder lines underground. Doing that much may help minimize the widespraed nature of storm outages like we recently experienced.

]]> By: Roald Schrack http://rockvillecentral.com/2010/07/rockville-power-outage-roundup-wednesday-afternoon-most-things-reopened.html/comment-page-1/#comment-3481 Roald Schrack Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:10:23 +0000 http://rockvillecentral.com/?p=6376#comment-3481 Mother nature is unrelenting. No sooner than we got used to having power again after losing it Sunday we lost it again Thursday night at the same time! This time it was restored a little quicker, only 12 hours for things in the refrigerator to warm up. Is it OK to eat that California Sunshine cold soup with shrimp in it? Well at least we have a renewed sense of our dependence on Pepco. Does this mean we have to keep those 300 repair crews we borrowed from Ohio? How many people will now go out and buy generator sets? Our beautiful tree canopy of Tree City has drawbacks too! Mother nature is unrelenting. No sooner than we got used to having power again after losing it Sunday we lost it again Thursday night at the same time! This time it was restored a little quicker, only 12 hours for things in the refrigerator to warm up. Is it OK to eat that California Sunshine cold soup with shrimp in it? Well at least we have a renewed sense of our dependence on Pepco. Does this mean we have to keep those 300 repair crews we borrowed from Ohio? How many people will now go out and buy generator sets? Our beautiful tree canopy of Tree City has drawbacks too!

]]> By: Joyce Rosenthal http://rockvillecentral.com/2010/07/rockville-power-outage-roundup-wednesday-afternoon-most-things-reopened.html/comment-page-1/#comment-3442 Joyce Rosenthal Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:15:55 +0000 http://rockvillecentral.com/?p=6376#comment-3442 Brad and Cindy: Thank you for keeping us updated! Your posts have been extremely useful and much appreciated. Brad and Cindy:

Thank you for keeping us updated! Your posts have been extremely useful and much appreciated.

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