When did a month become thought of as a long time for electric service to be

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37. We were without electricity for 3 weeks from an ice storm

I will never ever take it for granted again, but we are in a very rural area and understand that the people who live in the larger towns always take preference.

Fixing my line gives ME electricity, fixing the line in town gives 50 people electricity.

I understand very well what triage is.

When the skies turn gray, I get gas and make sure we have non perishables. We also have an alternate heating method, and have a plan to seclude one area of the house, which includes putting mattresses on the floor and basically turning a small area into a house. BUT...this comes from knowing what happened last time and having the time to sit and think about what made us the most miserable last time.

I have to say, that I would expect living in a populated area, that resources would come back a lot sooner than we endured...

But I don't take the suffering lightly. I feel badly for those that are without because it is a nightmare...and when people want their nightmare to end, I get that.

I certainly don't call it entitlement.

In my neck of the woods, I blame it on the electric companies not putting money back into their infrastructure. Not sure how well kept the grid is in the northeast...but it is shitty here in Texas.