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ohheckyeah

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6. Exactly....
Tue Jul 3, 2012, 04:48 PM
Jul 2012

it's friggin' ridiculous that a 20- 50 minutes storm can take out 3 million households of electricity. Restaurants, grocery stores and convenience stores are out of power in Roanoke and are having to dump tons of food.....not donating it but throwing it in the trash BEFORE it spoils. How wasteful. Power repair teams from all over the country most likely being paid at least double time for the 4th of July week are working around the clock.

We just had another storm come through and lost power twice. Fortunately it is at the moment back on. But 10 miles down the road from me my friend lost power and it's still off - who knows how long because all of the repair teams in the are are elsewhere.

What's wrong in this country that people are so foolish. Save a penny and then waste a dollar. It's pathetic and stupid.

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Good luck to all and hoping those without power regain it very soon LiberalLoner Jul 2012 #1
I'm in a motel in ohheckyeah Jul 2012 #2
Glad you're sorting it out. sofa king Jul 2012 #3
LOL I know what you mean. ohheckyeah Jul 2012 #4
Imagine if we had buried the power lines. sofa king Jul 2012 #5
Exactly.... ohheckyeah Jul 2012 #6
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