Sounds like it was a communication wire. CMP doesn’t take care of those, but would’ve taken a tree of if it threatened the power lines

3/4 full and oil right where the directions say. We’ve had it for years and it mostly sat in garage

Mmmm yeah but remember this, the PUC only allows CMP to pass on a certain amount of routine maintenance costs to the customer as rate increases. Emergency storm repairs on the other hand, 100%.

They get to preserve their profits by flying in line crews from all over the country to fix issues that could have been prevented much cheaper with maintenance.

Power has been out here since 4pm yesterday. Was really hoping it would get fixed during the night and I’d wake up to normal but nope no luck. Work doesn’t even have power so I can’t even go there.

I started my garage and sunroom last night before taking the driveway/sidewalk on. Rather start now even if it’s in small steps. I’ll probably take care of the rest Sunday morning

Thankfully I have my Costa Rican chorreador and a gas stove.

autism?

I’d go out and roof rake just a 1-2 foot border for every storm with over 6” of snow if you normally have a fair amount of icicles. That should keep the ice-dam at the roof-edge to a minimum.

Edit: now if we end up with like… 6 ft of snow on the roof, that might warrant more clearing 😅

This is why a gas range and woodstove were not negotiable when we were house hunting a few years ago.

Worst case if we run out of propane, I can slowly boil water on top of the woodstove.

You could be a cam girl/ cam boy/ porny thing. Probably would pay best if you did it right

EMMC is Plagueside? Nice.

CC and audio description devices are an ADA requirement for theaters since 2017, yeah it sucks that the words aren’t on the screen but you’ll still have them on the little reflector. As technology and awareness increases I’m sure more theaters will have them with the special glasses.

> race baiting

You are the only one who brought up race. It says a lot about you that that's the first thing you thought of after reading my comment.

Barre has zero relation to ski resorts. That's why it doesn't make sense.

Just reach up to knock away a foot of snow at the bottom of the roof. That will encourage the other slabs to slide off and help prevent ice dams.

Power out here. Generator going. Luckily we have a propane stovetop so we can cook stuff and boiled snow for our toilets.

Thats not a lot though. It will take you 15 min to shovel.

Jetboils are rad. Sometimes I cook soup with it just course it's faster.

Even if you can't get the whole thing, you should 100% roof rake what you can reach. Your roof will most likely support the weight of whatever we get here in the next few days but IMO with the rain on top of all that snow, Ice Dams are a bigger concern

So, wait, are you voting for CMP to invest in Maine, or are you voting for CMP to avoid punishment?

Because you mentioned both.

Switching ownership isn't going to change the fact Maine has a very large number of trees per mile of overhead line, that trees falling is what cause most outages, and also isn't going to change the fact that labor for trades jobs like line workers and cutters is incredibly tight right now.

While there are benefits to changing ownership, removing CMP from the holding group who also owns utility trucks and crews in southern New England limits the amount of regional workers available to respond to local outages.

Demanding power returns immediately following an outage is just not feasible or cost effective in most of our rural communities - and it has never been the case here. Hell, many of us have relatives who didn't even get power until the 1970s or 1960s. Same with roads, the reality used to be after a big storm you would just have to take it slow for a day or two - now people are demanding highway speeds resume the second the snow stops falling!

I would personally instead request we have the governor put additional financial restrictions in the top officers of CMP. It helps improve the financial ethics of their operation without forcing unintended consequences.

Can you get a roof rake for the flatter section? We're supposed to get a bunch of rain on Thursday.

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somebody doesn't understand deregulation

That snow was hell on my blower as well. ......and another foot is coming....