Sunday 5 February 2023

I'm fat dumb and happy happy happy today

 
 

Some N.B. customers still without power after extreme cold

Most of the current outages were reported late Saturday and Sunday morning, says N.B. Power spokesperson

Weather warnings were issued on Friday and Saturday when wind chill values ranged from -33 to -45 and caused more than 29,000 N.B. Power customers to lose power. 

Those Environment Canada warnings ended by Saturday evening. 

As of 11:26 a.m. A.T. Sunday, 2,567 customers were without power in the Acadian Peninsula, Charlotte Southwest, Central York Sunbury, Moncton Riverview Dieppe, Northumberland Miramichi and Restigouche regions. 

Dominique Couture, an N.B. Power spokesperson, said most of the current outages were reported late Saturday or Sunday morning. 

She said the utility has restored power to 94 per cent of the customers impacted by the extreme weather event.

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23 Comments 
 
 
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David Amos
 
I'm fat dumb and happy happy happy today  
 
 
 
Fred Brewer
Oh man, I feel for those without power on such a cold snap.

How do you keep your pipes from freezing?

 
 
Alex Butt 
It's FAR time to hold the so called leadership @ nb power to account for all their shortcomings! Start by compensation to those affected by these constant power outages! 



David Amos
Methinks Freddy has never heard of a generator or a wood stove or natural gas N'esy Pas?
 
 
Alex Butt 
Reply to David Amos   
Perhaps not everyone has the place/setup for a wood stove and generators are not cheap (many can not afford one + gas etc), plus we should have some expectation that nb power be able to provide their overpriced electricity in anything more than perfect weather conditions!   
 
 
Sarah Brown
Reply to Alex Butt   
It is highly unreasonable to expect NB Power to be responsible for power outages due to high winds. 
 
 
David Amos 
 
Reply to Alex Butt  
So you want the rest of us to pay you compensation because you can't take care of yourself in cold weather???
 
 
David Amos
Reply to Sarah Brown
Methinks its also highly unreasonable for him to expect the rest of us to pay compensation because he can't take care of of himself in cold weather N'esy Pas?  
 
 
 
 
 
Fred Brewer 
The Acadian peninsula is always one of the hardest hit areas for wind and ice damage.

Why is NB Power not putting the lines underground. I know it is a lot more expensive but so is continuously replacing power poles, lines and transformers. Just do a little bit each year to keep costs reasonable. For heaven's sakes, folks are freezing and so is their plumbing. Do something other than trying to turn seawater into electricity.

 
Chris McNee 
Reply to Fred Brewer
Underground lines have their setbacks. Oromocto was designed with the Cold War in mind. Thus the original town has all underground power lines, this was to help sustain a soviet attack and prevent attack on exposed power lines. The setback, is when a line is broke from either land growth, folks digging and damage a line ( not enough to cause black out at the time, but when it breaks and not reported) the cost is also close to running natural gas pipes due to the amount of digging. It’s a tough nut to solve…  
 
 
David Amos
Reply to Chris McNee   
I had no such trouble like that south of the 49th in the Beantown area. Our water and gas were piped in underground. Our furnace, water, heater, stove and even the clothes dryer ran on natural gas while the town kept the water on tap. If the power went out I fired up a generator and the folks commonly known as the Milton Hillbillies sat back all fat dumb and happy happy happy just like I have done in my humble abode in NB.

Methinks the fancy Yankee consultants hired by the government to argue me in the upcoming EUB hearings would have a hard time disputing those simple facts N'esy Pas? 

 
Fred Brewer  
Reply to Chris McNee  
Done properly, the lines don't break. If a contractor breaks a line, they pay for repairs.

In the long run, it saves money and eliminates wind and ice as causes of power outages, something NB Power customers are all too familiar with. 

 
Theo Lavigne  
Reply to Fred Brewer
Running underground power lines can cost up to 10 times the cost of running them above ground. Look it up I just did....  
 
 
Theo Lavigne  
Reply to David Amos
Don't go comparing temp around Boston to New Brunswick, they have a much milder winter. It's presently 50 degrees F and they are calling for 3 more days of 50 F this week..  
 
 
David Amos
Reply to Theo Lavigne 
You don't think the power goes out there as well? 
 
 
Fred Brewer
Reply to Theo Lavigne
So what you are saying is that after 10 storms, the underground lines pay for themselves. Sounds like a deal.  
 
 
David Amos
Reply to Fred Brewer
What is with putting words in my mouth then expecting me to argue them? If you and your buddy Freddy know so much about NB Power why not Intervene in the hearings and argue the rate hikes with fancy lawyers and consultants like I do? 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to Fred Brewer
BTW If you understood anything my point was get a generator CORRECT?  
 
 
David Amos
Reply to Theo Lavigne 
Opps I thought you picking fight with me Sorry about that

I have no fear of Freddy being offended he has bragged for years that he muted me

     
 
 
 
 
 
  

 

  
 

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