The Official Hurricane Irene Thread

[Lumbergh]

CL&p said my power would be on at 2:15 PM...

[Lawn Guyland]

my part of the map now says restoration in progress! lets hope this means ill have my power back soon....eeek

[customcreationsllc]

the faster they work the less overtime pay.

[Buffalo Phil]

On my way to work this morning I saw a few UI trucks around Fairfield but I mostly see Orange Town Trucks going around picking up and collecting Debris from the roads and cutting down fallen trees from power lines.

[Ruepart Hoaxley]

my dad drove around my neighborhood last night after they called and said they were working on it...didn't find a single truck in our area

gotta love it

Same here. There were nine power trucks just chilling at the abandoned airport in town. Just chilling.

Must be hard work.

[Lawn Guyland]

my dad drove around my neighborhood last night after they called and said they were working on it...didn't find a single truck in our area

gotta love it

[Nick]

Last night a UI pickup truck drove up to the tree blocking my road, then just left.

Thanks for the effort guys!

[Lawn Guyland]

http://www.lipower.org/stormcenter/o...outagemap.html

every single section says 'assessing condition' aka we aren't doing anything

[HeavyMetal]

United Illuminating never called my house

cuz they dont

LIPA calls areas based on where theyre working at the time

[Nick]

United Illuminating never called my house

[DizzDizz]

my old shop and the tow company i worked for in ct are both out cutting up trees and shit. my dad probably is having a fit with all the fire wood, lol.

[customcreationsllc]

LIPA calls you?

sorry CL&P

I meant as the power companies called every customer before and after the storm.
I also got one from the water company.

[Nick]

don't forget you can just plug the generator into your house and back feed the whole house.

Just turn off the main so it doesn't back feed the power lines.
You will want to plug into a 220V plug if like the dryer to feed both sides of the fuse panel.

I just see everyone running extension cords, they are already run in the walls.
just unplug what you don't need so you don't over power the input circuit.
I think most dryers are 20 or 30amps

At least you will have hot water and stuff that way.

Yeeeep, hot water/refrigerator are really the only 2 things i care about

[Lawn Guyland]

I don't think we are going to get power restored until the end of the week, next week at the earliest...

i thought you had power?

[Lawn Guyland]