WOW~ Viriginia Dominion Power said power may be out til election day

[pkz]

....and the storm hasn't even hit yet

Wonder what that would do to the machines? the turnout? the reporting?

Just wow

[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. Seriously?

They can predict that? When our power companies can't get power back on in a few hours here, there's practically a riot! This seems veeeeeeerrrrryyy questionable IMHO

[Wind Dancer]

2. Where did you hear this info?

[pkz]

4. watching the Weather Channel

they had a spokesman on the air, advising preparations

[Wind Dancer]

7. Thanks!

I hadn't heard anything locally but appreciate the heads up.

[we can do it]

32. Who owns the Weather Channel? Bain

Who owns The Weather Channel?
← The Weather Channel Company

The Weather Channel a part of The Weather Channel Companies. Starting November 2008, TWCC is owned by a consortium made up of NBC Universal and the private equity firms The Blackstone Group and Bain Capital.

http://feedback.weather.com/knowledgebase/articles/27826-who-owns-the-weather-channel-

[cthulu2016]

3. Dominion excels at expectations management

The last hurricane they made the same sort of pre-announcements.

If your power is out for weeks it's expected, right?

And if it is on within a day or two then Dominion obviously performed some sort of miracle.

[theinquisitivechad]

6. Yup, Dominion is floating worst-case scenario. They've been really good with power turnaround.

But PEPCO, however, you gotta watch out for. They promise mediocrity and deliver abomination

[SickOfTheOnePct]

13. The longest we've lost power with Dominion Virginia

was 18 hours, back at the end of June. I'm always grateful that we don't have PEPCO.

[Neurotica]

27. Here in Loudoun we didn't lose power with the derecho...but

we did lose power with that bizarre weekend storm about a month ago. Even then, it was only for four hours, which was the longest time we've ever been without power (thankful for underground lines).

I think this time may be different. The kids are excited at the prospect of school being cancelled. I'm just worried.

Worried too for my brother and sister-in-law who are in Chevy Chase and subject to PEPCO's problems.

[SickOfTheOnePct]

37. PEPCO is a train wreck n/t

[jsmirman]

36. LOL, Pepco

although, tbh, they've been pretty good in DC proper (but brutal in the burbs from what I understand).

I'm worried as hell about this one, and worried about my people up North.

[LisaL]

5. Yikes.

[marions ghost]

8. Hope Northern VA does early voting....

yikes!

[HipChick]

11. VA does early voting...but lets face it, NOVA can't cope if something like the power is out for

too long..

[Rosa Luxemburg]

9. Romney is pointing the hurricane at VA, PA, MD, and NJ!

see not only can they control voting machines they can control the weather!

[justiceischeap]

10. I'm in MD and have Pepco

we, apparently, had a preemptive power outage tonight for several hours. No wind, no rain... power just, poof, went out.

I'm not looking forward to my chances and I suspect with early voting starting tomorrow, that it won't be a good day to go.

[NotThisTime]

14. Might be your only day to go!!! Wait in line and vote!! Please...

[justiceischeap]

19. I'm not super concerned about the storm but I may venture out

Sunday. I really like voting on election day. I take the day off and pretend it's a national holiday (as it should be) and go vote and then sit and watch the results.

[loli phabay]

20. reason 100 im glad i moved from maryland to VA, i hated pepco

we just seemed to lose power all the time, i live on top of a mountain now and i lose power less than when i lived in monty county.

[justiceischeap]

22. that's the county I live in

seriously, today I got home from work around 5ish, cloudy, not windy, no rain, home about 10 minutes and the power went out. Didn't come back on until about 7.

[loli phabay]

24. i remember sitting without power for days after any thunder storms

wondering what the hell was going on, i so hated pepco with a depth that i cant explain, now we lose power and its back within a day or less though i have a whole house generator now so i just kick back and wait.

[justiceischeap]

25. during that weird tornado-like thing that starts with a "d"

we lost power for 5 days but, come to find out, they'd fixed our power 2 days earlier and forgot to "flip a switch." Not a fan. However, I've also lived in VA and right after I moved there I went through a hurricane and was without power for 9 days with Dominion... Makes me miss Pennsylvania--only time power went out there was when I forgot to pay the bill (which was never)

[loli phabay]

26. im in the mountains and with rappahannock, so far they have been good

i got enough fuel for my whole house generator for a month if need be longer if the kids dont watch tv and play video games, and enough food for 6 months and the well, only thing i fear is snow as that means i need to shovel and get the snowthrower out.

[justiceischeap]

28. Can you DU Mail me your address

that way I can crash with my roommates (one of which is Pagan) when we lose our power.

[loli phabay]

30. wouldnt help, we are not even on the google

when my daughter called 911 when her brother told her he wasnt speaking to her and she should call dispatch and they will talk to her, the deputy had to call the house to get directions to do the welfare check and even then i had to meet him and drive him to the house.

[loli phabay]

31. oops plus im collecting great granny from silver spring on sunday so she can ride the storm out with

the kids and knowing pepco as we all do with power.

[bluestate10]

12. Early vote, NOW. nt

[malaise]

15. Wow and lil ole JPS has resumed power for 70% of those who lost it

in Jamaica from Cat 1 Sandy. 70% of the island lost power and only 30% of them are still without power. They have promised electricity to all their customers by Sunday night.

Maybe the plan is to make sure that power is not returned to certain neighborhoods. Maybe they'll just turn it off.

[GladRagDahl]

16. Acceptable Excuse for Early Voting?

Virginia requires an acceptable excuse in order to avail yourself of early voting. I wonder if this will qualify?

[SickOfTheOnePct]

38. Not unless they say it is

Weather isn't listed as one of the acceptable excuses for early voting. I'm going to utilize the 11 hours of commuting/working during voting hours. I usually go first thing when the polls open, and then go to work, but I could vote absentee every year.

[WinkyDink]

17. Well, first it has to GO out.

[texanwitch]

18. This power company restored our power after Hurricane Ike in my neighborhood.

We had power companies from all over.

After two weeks of no power we were thankful.

Hope the power returns quickly.

[loli phabay]

21. im hoping the storm heads out to sea or hits further north, sorry northeners.

[UnrepentantLiberal]

23. No prob.

Bring it on!

[Sophiegirl]

29. Forecast

We probably won't know until Sunday where this b**ch is gonna land.

I have to check to see when and where I can early vote this weekend. I don't want to take a chance because in my area we use electronic voting machines.

Perfect storm indeed. Sheesh!!

[reformist2]

33. Too bad none of us are voting on paper-ballot-only amendments this election!

They'd win in a landslide this year.

[underpants]

34. It ain't gonna be out in NoVa or Richmond orTidewater

it will be out in the middle ground - where Cantor is counting on and where the RED votes are.

They better get their sh!t together but if they don't....

[Nay]

35. You don't thinks so? I'm in Bon Air and I swear the damn power goes out for DAYS after bad

storms. And we have underground lines and we're 2 blocks from Midlothian Turnpike! We finally threw in the towel and bought a generator in anticipation of the inevitable.