Beryl Barreling Our Way?

[Moonpie]

Wanna buy TenOaks? It comes with a range.

Nope. We’re headed west.
Away from the &!):?$!! coast.

 

[Texasgordo]

Nope. We’re headed west.
Away from the &!):?$!! coast.

Bay City?

 

[Moonpie]

Bay City?

 

[Coiled]

Power back on at 10:30. SHECO spent last 4 months major limb trimming in this area. Paid off...for us anyway.

According to SHECO's site just now, you'll get power restored by the end of today; please correct your post.

We MAY have power today, please.. please.. PLEASE !

Going to work

 

[glenbo]

We bought a piece of land in Paris, TX, a couple of months ago. It’s been cleared and ready for us. I’ve started getting rid of 35 years of accumulated stuff, hoping to move by the end of the year. My first priority as we watch the builder is a whole house on demand generator. I’m not doing this again, I’m too old, wife is too ill, life is way too short.

 

[Coiled]

Fortunately we've had water most of the time albeit at reduced pressure. It's now flowing full bore so I can shower in 8min instead of 20!

 

[MountainGirl]

According to SHECO's site just now, you'll get power restored by the end of today; please correct your post.

We MAY have power today, please.. please.. PLEASE !

Going to work

LOL
Hope yours comes on soon. Have fun at work.

 

[tedwitt]

We still don’t have power. Lights are on all around us but our little area is always the last one in the county.

Magnolia is dead, no businesses or lights.

 

[Moonpie]

Power still out here.
Bunch of powerline crews down at the end of the street. Hopefully soon.

 

[kbaxter60]

But there's a lot to admire about them, too.

Agreed. I worked with a large number of them when we lived in WA state. They tended to have large families and the kids were often high achievers. The parents tended to be high achievers, as well.

They do have some habits that come across as weird to others, though. I had a good friend/co-worker who was a local stake member (I think that's their term). They had another member who had just lost her husband. He called me down to our break room one afternoon for "cake". I got there and the widow and my buddy's wife were there (I was single at the time). With cake and smiles. They work together to get them re-married quickly and the girls were shopping. He apologized later for blindsiding me. I told him no problem, but neither did I believe that I was cut out to be a good Mormon. We remain friends to this day. And she did remarry pretty quickly, I heard.

 

[Havok1]

Problem with that is, 99% of people aren't going anywhere near 14,000volts to trim a tree.

The problem isn’t usually that the trees are too close to the lines to safely trim, it’s that they don’t want to spend the money to trim them.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

CenterPoint exec tells PUC that 500K customers will still be without power next week

An executive with the company said that half a million customers still won’t have power until sometime next week.

www.khou.com

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Somebody just posted that several CP trucks hit the end of our subdivision.
It's a start...


Texasgordo, please don't take this literally.

 

[smittyb]

There are UNFOUNDED rumors that linemen are holding off working to negotiate pay.

Third edit- As I initially said, there is 100% no chance of pay disagreements.

If there are any issues, it’s with per diem and/or lodging/meals

 

[Brains]

I cannot say why or where they were going, but I personally saw four bucket trucks heading out of town on I-45, north of Huntsville.

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Three bucket trucks right outside my house.
Talked to them and the foreman claimed it might be 5 days.

 

[kbaxter60]

ETA- Also heard Cali lineman are wanting their $150/Hr

I am sincerely very sorry that some of y'all are still waiting for service restoration. But, with your permission, could we send the Cali boys packing?

 

[Vaquero]

I can no longer state that this is 100% untrue.
I’m hearing rumors they may not be wanting to pay per diem and/or lodging…
ETA- Also heard Cali lineman are wanting their $150/Hr

I'd be hesitant to go without perdiem.
I'd be ashamed to ask for $150 an hour.

I hate it for all y'all without power, but that's highway robbery. That you'll pay for in higher rates.

Tough spot to be in.

 

[smittyb]

I'd be hesitant to go without perdiem.
I'd be ashamed to ask for $150 an hour.

I hate it for all y'all without power, but that's highway robbery. That you'll pay for in higher rates.

Tough spot to be in.

I edited again after calling someone in the know

 

[Vaquero]

Three bucket trucks right outside my house.
Talked to them and the foreman claimed it might be 5 days.

When the splices run out, and there's a half mile of line with broken conductor because of fallen trees, there's not much a crew can do but clear debris and get the poles ready for new wire.