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justiceischeap

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23. In Maryland, our Governor put in an "order" for extra crews

Reply to doublethink (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 31, 2012, 11:29 AM

Oct 2012

about 3 days before the storm was due to hit. That happens as part of the process. Whomever gets their "orders" in first, actually get the extra help. If your state gov't. is slow off the draw, you get the leftovers, if there are any. That's what happened to us this past summer when we had the derecho, O'Malley didn't ask quickly enough, so it took longer to get power to customers in MD.

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+1 freshwest Oct 2012 #3

CORRECT Skittles Oct 2012 #13

And who coordinated all this? doublethink Oct 2012 #2

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I heard President Obama earlier today refer to this ... doublethink Oct 2012 #9

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