Monday, September 22, 2003

Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and Virginia Power repair crews.

Name three things that it would be really nice if they actually existed.

Virginia Power now says that maybe they'll get around to restoring power "in Richmond" on Thursday, and no one I've talked to has seen any repair crews anywhere. They certainly haven't come out to examine the tree down on the lines behind my house or to check the power lines on the ground. They also claim they'll have power restored to "75"%" of the accounts by Thursday or Friday. I guess that if they make enough predictions, either one might be right or people will be so confused they won't remember any of them.

You know what would be a good regulation? If there's a widespread power outage, the CEO and Board of Directors of the utility had to have their power cut off until 90% of those affected had their power restored. I'm certain that none of them have had to suffer during this storm.

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