martin wrote:Vmart wrote:Still no power. LIPA is so unprepared not funny anymore. Long Island is very primitive still using the telegraph poles from 1800's.
Infrastructure upgrades. This country needs it. I do believe that was proposed with paid-for tax increases on 1%.
They proposed it but shot it down. Saying its to expensive to do underground wiring. This is the problem with Gov today. If politician today had their way bridges and tunnels would not have been built in the past.
Power back today in East Northport. That sucked. Did the Knicks win any games yet?
Vmart wrote:martin wrote:Vmart wrote:Still no power. LIPA is so unprepared not funny anymore. Long Island is very primitive still using the telegraph poles from 1800's.
Infrastructure upgrades. This country needs it. I do believe that was proposed with paid-for tax increases on 1%.
They proposed it but shot it down. Saying its to expensive to do underground wiring. This is the problem with Gov today. If politician today had their way bridges and tunnels would not have been built in the past.
It has already cost more with the outage in terms of lost productivity so they may as well just spend the cash and put the wires underground.
OasisBU wrote:Vmart wrote:martin wrote:Vmart wrote:Still no power. LIPA is so unprepared not funny anymore. Long Island is very primitive still using the telegraph poles from 1800's.
Infrastructure upgrades. This country needs it. I do believe that was proposed with paid-for tax increases on 1%.
They proposed it but shot it down. Saying its to expensive to do underground wiring. This is the problem with Gov today. If politician today had their way bridges and tunnels would not have been built in the past.
It has already cost more with the outage in terms of lost productivity so they may as well just spend the cash and put the wires underground.
Nope. No can do. Wires underground ? Are you kidding me ? This is America. We put our wires wherever is the cheapest. Too bad we can't outsource to the Chinese. They would work 16 hour shifts and the power would be restored already. : sarcasm off :
mrKnickShot wrote:Solace wrote:mrKnickShot wrote:Solace wrote:Had no power for 5 days, but went down to Baltimore for a mini-vacation. Now the big issue is getting gasoline. No luck.
where do you live?
Well I'm back in NJ now. I live in Northern NJ. The two gas stations that actually had gas ran out of gas while I was waiting on line BOTH TIMES. Now I have to wait until Wednesday. 
Ouch.
I am in south jersey and we no longer have lines in most gas stations.
Well I got gas this morning. Took an hour wait. But I brought a book with me while I was waiting. Smart. 
Blizzard no light since Sandy. I may never get power back again. F'ing LIPA.
