Stat Monitor Repairman said:

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Now they sit around talking on speaker phone on max volume, get bombarded with ads on facebook, and try to curb the itch to go to the store and buy something they don't need.

Gotat be tough to be a MIL these days.

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CDUB98 said:

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Cibalo said:

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Storm rolling into the Memorial villages right now. Good thing is I can't lose power I don't have.

In another note i had to take some medium voltage (2-12 kV) training for work. We spent an entire day coving the different types of cables that are used, the different splicing kits, and how to do splicing and terminations. One big thing was how free of debris they wanted everything because at these voltages in can cause a failure in thr insulation and you're down again.

Overall I probably had 2 full weeks of training on medium voltage cables and equipment plus more training on fault detection and diagnostics.

The fact these guys only need 2 hr of safety training before getting to work is a credit to them.

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I worked at a manufacturer's testing lab during my co-op time in school. While the largest voltage we worked with was only 800V, we worked with massive amounts of amperage. It was quite often us schlubs were schlepping around 777MCM cable that was a good 100 feet long. We did all our own connecting, circuit build-out, testing, etc. for the tests.

Electricity is simply a wild beast that we've learned to contain, but man, if something goes wrong, it goes REALLY wrong.

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aTm2004 said:

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ABC13 just reported that some loon in Ft. Bend County shot at a CP worker with a pellet gun because they were angry. People are hitting their breaking point with CP ineptitude. They need to do a press conference ASAP that all local channels will carry to address some people's concerns and give updates on specific areas of the city. KTRH could air it as well over the radio. Have the local sports channels let people know to tune in and watch/listen.

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aTm2004 said:

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ABC13 just reported that some loon in Ft. Bend County shot at a CP worker with a pellet gun because they were angry are crazy.

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Project Gemini said:

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CDUB98 said:

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Project Gemini said:

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Jugstore Cowboy said:

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Trash got picked up today on our regular day.

City couldn't pick on time during nice weather under Sylvester.

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It's really unbelievable. Stop lights are all ****ed up but trash got picked up. Priorities indeed, Mr. Mayor.

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The sanitation engineers cannot fix traffic lights. Good grief. They're just doing their job.

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Sanitation engineers. This is a joke right? And you understand my post was a joke too right?

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aTm2004 said:

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ABC13 just reported that some loon in Ft. Bend County shot at a CP worker with a pellet gun because they were angry. People are hitting their breaking point with CP ineptitude. They need to do a press conference ASAP that all local channels will carry to address some people's concerns and give updates on specific areas of the city. KTRH could air it as well over the radio. Have the local sports channels let people know to tune in and watch/listen.

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Cliff Booth said:

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It's 87 in my house.

Not gay, but if there's a bottom out there with AC holler at me.

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Sea Speed said:

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aTm2004 said:

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ABC13 just reported that some loon in Ft. Bend County shot at a CP worker with a pellet gun because they were angry. People are hitting their breaking point with CP ineptitude. They need to do a press conference ASAP that all local channels will carry to address some people's concerns and give updates on specific areas of the city. KTRH could air it as well over the radio. Have the local sports channels let people know to tune in and watch/listen.

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Just like people taking their frustration out on counter people or waiters, the people at the front line are the wrong ones to take things out on, but of course they always get the brunt of the publics idiocy.

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tremble said:

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Bull***** A simple run through of every area covered by CP, what is impeding current efforts to get power back, etc, would go a massive way.

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tremble said:

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Bull***** A simple run through of every area covered by CP, what is impeding current efforts to get power back, etc, would go a massive way.

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histag10 said:

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He can help you out with the insurance stuff too

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AgLA06 said:

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aTm2004 said:

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ABC13 just reported that some loon in Ft. Bend County shot at a CP worker with a pellet gun because they were angry. People are hitting their breaking point with CP ineptitude. They need to do a press conference ASAP that all local channels will carry to address some people's concerns and give updates on specific areas of the city. KTRH could air it as well over the radio. Have the local sports channels let people know to tune in and watch/listen.

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People are stupid. See a large part of this board.

Doing a press conference does nothing. Ignorant people will still *****. They won't be happy with what is or isn't said.

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AgLA06 said:

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tremble said:

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Bull***** A simple run through of every area covered by CP, what is impeding current efforts to get power back, etc, would go a massive way.

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To what? It changes absolutely nothing they haven't already communicated. Total people out of power and how many each day they plan to re-energize.

News flash. They aren't saying much because it's all changing based on new information and priority every hour. Only a fool would do that to immediately have the public rub it in their face when it immediately becomes outdated and inaccurate information.

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aTm2004 said:

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AgLA06 said:

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tremble said:

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Bull***** A simple run through of every area covered by CP, what is impeding current efforts to get power back, etc, would go a massive way.

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To what? It changes absolutely nothing they haven't already communicated. Total people out of power and how many each day they plan to re-energize.

News flash. They aren't saying much because it's all changing based on new information and priority every hour. Only a fool would do that to immediately have the public rub it in their face when it immediately becomes outdated and inaccurate information.

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Give actual information like:

"Heights area. We have completed our assessment and have power up to an estimated xx%. The challenges we are facing with the remaining are X, Y, and Z, and we are currently addressing X & Y by doing <insert> and are estimating to have that completed by tomorrow. That will allow another xx% to come on board.

Moving to the Humble area, we are addressing the large number of trees that are needing to be removed before crews can assess what repairs need to be made. We have 4 crews working the area removing trees and anticipate having trees removed by Saturday morning..."

That type of communication will go a long way. More corporate HR approved bullchit that they've been feeding us? Yeah, that won't do anything.

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jh0400 said:

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tremble said:

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Bull***** A simple run through of every area covered by CP, what is impeding current efforts to get power back, etc, would go a massive way.

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My biggest frustration is not knowing anything at all other than:

- We've had no power for ~84 hours
- My day revolves around making sure my generator has gas and is running
- I've seen two CP trucks in my neighborhood doing surveys and zero doing actual repair work
- There is a tree laying on power lines in a utility easement right outside of my neighborhood
- That repair is going to be extremely difficult on wet ground, and it's unclear if it's possible to isolate that section of line and repower everything else

I've been completely useless at work this week due to dealing with keeping my **** together at home, and that's unfortunate since it's one of my busiest times of the year. Not knowing if I have another two days or two weeks to worry about this before we can move on. I went into this knowing it could be a few days, but the lack of communication and visible progress is beyond frustrating.

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