Should I feel comforted by the PEPCO call saying they won't restore pwr for many days?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's better they tell people in advance so people will prepare for long outages. It all sucks. I don't care about the hurricane at all. I'm not worried about wind damage or flooding. But I HATE HATE HATE losing power.

Lol. Don't care if my house is flooded or blown to smithereens as long as I have internet.

[Anonymous]

We got the call. Live in DC, downtown. WTF!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got the call and live in DC (capitol hill). We have never lost power because our power lines are underground. We aren't expecting a problem, but we're prepared in case.

you will lose power if there is a flood. you may just lose it later than others who don't have their lines buried.

[Anonymous]

If people actually trimmed the trees on their property that PEPCO can't legally go in and trim to prevent these outages we wouldn't have such a big problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If people actually trimmed the trees on their property that PEPCO can't legally go in and trim to prevent these outages we wouldn't have such a big problem.

Funny, that's a job I have been putting off, and putting off - and am now regretting putting it off. Crap.

[Anonymous]

Just got the call - am in MoCo. It doesn't really comfort me. Makes me even more anxious. Though last years power outages led to the 4 month old sleeping in my lap right now, I'm not ready for another!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If people actually trimmed the trees on their property that PEPCO can't legally go in and trim to prevent these outages we wouldn't have such a big problem.

To give PEPCO some credit (as much as it pains me), their contractors have been out all over MoCo trimming trees since February or so. I HOPE this helps mitigate damage.

[Anonymous]

We have Dominion but have only lived in this area for under a year. Has anyone had problems with them in the past?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I didn't get this call, and I have Pepco in Montgomery County. What did they say? Really that it would be "many days" before restoration? Although that's not a big surprise. I lost power for four days during the snow in January.

We just got "THE CALL" from Pepco via recorded message. Be forewarned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just got the call - am in MoCo. It doesn't really comfort me. Makes me even more anxious. Though last years power outages led to the 4 month old sleeping in my lap right now, I'm not ready for another!

Then don't shuck like bunnies if the power goes out! It's not Pepco's fault you decided to do the deed...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If people actually trimmed the trees on their property that PEPCO can't legally go in and trim to prevent these outages we wouldn't have such a big problem.

To give PEPCO some credit (as much as it pains me), their contractors have been out all over MoCo trimming trees since February or so. I HOPE this helps mitigate damage.

Don't worry, they are only doing this because the Maryland Public Service Commission and legislature have been threatening sanctions. In any case, I hope it helps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have Dominion but have only lived in this area for under a year. Has anyone had problems with them in the past?

Yes! Every time there is a storm (rain or snow) we lose our power. We are in N. Arlington, and while there are a lot of trees around us, Dominion doesn't do a good job trimming them to prevent the outages.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are in MoCo, and have no power *now*. I hate Pepco so much.

my condolences. We used to live in the district and power went out every time it rained. We now live in VA and when looking to buy, I refused to buy in moco because of pepco.

[Anonymous]

NOVEC customer here - crossing my fingers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are in MoCo, and have no power *now*. I hate Pepco so much.

WTF?? This is what I find crazy.

Yes, I understand that a huge storm means you lose power. But, we're in MoCo and we have lost power SO MANY times and it has stayed out in cases where other areas (DC/VA) have not had issues. Why can't PEPCO get it together?