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I am truly saddened by some of the posts I have read in this thread. Some of us could not leave our homes due to downed trees blocking the roads, not to mention the fact that they were ice covered and dangerious to drive on. Many people had no communication or power due to downed power lines and phone lines, so no way to contact anyone or get help. I heard rumors that the National Gaurd was out checking on people, but they did not contact anyone in my area. Blankets and extra clothes do no good when the temperatures do not get above 30 during the day and range from 5 to 20 degrees during the nights for 5 days. Those people were just trying to stay alive and doing the best they could in a bad situation. Could we not show a little compassion?
Second year in a row for this, although this year much worse. If a climate change is causing this to be an annual event, I will have to reevaluate living in this region. 56 years old, 34 in in the Paducah area, and 13 Chicago winters. Never anything like this.
I have to question the stringing of power lines on wooden poles in the 21st. century.
Second year in a row for this, although this year much worse. If a climate change is causing this to be an annual event, I will have to reevaluate living in this region. 56 years old, 34 in in the Paducah area, and 13 Chicago winters. Never anything like this.
I have to question the stringing of power lines on wooden poles in the 21st. century.
Just so you know-power lines are still strung on wooden polls (to an extent) in Chicago and many other large cities to this day.
When you lived in Chicago did you walk out into your alley EVER?
It is sad that so many people have died, but COMMON SENSE tell you to not to run a generator inside, nor fire up a charcoal or gas grill inside. I know people are desperate, but you have to be a few marbles short to even attempt it to begin with.
The Herald Leader just had an article in the paper yesterday or Saturday about burying cables. They said it would take 25 years to bury all cables in the state and it would cause our electric bills to increase dramatically and would cost millions and millions of dollars. No where in the world are all cables buried, it just isn't possible at this time.
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The most logical thing is to do what KU did in Lexington after the 2003 storm --> remove all trees or large branches that are near power lines.
Power outages are always worse in the older parts of Louisville due to all the HUGE trees, many of which are more than 100 years old. A little trimming on them wouldn't help too much
The Herald Leader just had an article in the paper yesterday or Saturday about burying cables. They said it would take 25 years to bury all cables in the state and it would cause our electric bills to increase dramatically and would cost millions and millions of dollars. No where in the world are all cables buried, it just isn't possible at this time.
Maybe they should have been buried in the first place!!!
That maybe true. But when was the last time you were without power for 10 days in Chicago?
What? Did you get bored trolling the downstate IL forum, so you wandered a bit further south?
I have lived in K.Y. buddy. I also have family that has lived in K.Y. (as well as roots that go back as well over the last two hundred years) for 15 years.
I have been without power 3-4 days in Chicago a few times.
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