Pretty much people call in and say something like "Ive got a 2013 snowblower for sale, looking for $400 call me at such and such"

It’s not. Very populated, very busy. Not good.

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I just got power back on in hamsptead now at 15:10

Yikes. 30 hours of plowing has too be brutal. Glad the power was on (perfect timing) and you can get some serious sleep/rest before the next storm rolls in (Wed/Thursday from what I hear.

This is the true answer. Me and my neighbors have asked eversource in NH multiple times to take care of some trees that are mixed in with the lines along our road and they always say no. The storm we got on Christmas took 2 down in front of my neighbors house and took the pole with it.

When they came to repair it the lineman asked the super from Eversource why all the trees on our road haven’t been pruned or removed and he couldn’t give a good reason other then they didn’t think it was worth the expense.

It's a state full of bigass bull pines and we get a shit load of snow.....dare I say it's not an issue with the grid lol

I see them cutting trees year round.

I have never heard of that. What's a telephone flea market? People just call and make deals? Lol

Stowe VT, Bethel ME, Holyoke MA, there are not any of what you are describing in New Hampshire.

D+ meme creation

LMAO of course my power went out as soon as I posted this. 4th surge today. 🤣🤣

Just got the text that we should be expecting the same for tomorrow. Yay.

Trees, lots of trees.

I literally work with clients who report buying marijuana with fentanyl mixed in. It is in all illicit drugs now and we’re seeing reports of people who only ever used amphetamines experience overdose. Just because you don’t believe it does not mean it isn’t happening

They're planted right on the side of the road and the house is on a sharp curve. The current resident isn't any more reasonable and has filled his yard with a whole bunch of junk.

I live on one of those roads. The trees are all massive old oaks and within feet of the power lines. Surprisingly, I've only lost power once in the 8 years I've lived on this road. My theory is that since it's all woods and no open area, the wind isn't as strong and mostly goes over the tops of the trees. I used to live a town over on the edge of a field and the wind coming off the field was intense and we'd see pines knocked down all the time

hello officer

You're gonna wanna move more north than that chief.

I would ask if you are on more NH centric groups (Facebook, reddit, etc) and thus see more posts about it vs posts on VT centric groups. I have family and coworkers on both sides of the river Connecticut, and it's pretty even with power loss from what I hear.

On the question of VT vs NH on power outages. Green Mountain power is better than Eversource on the whole. VT has better maintenance of its grid. NH had lots of suburban development but is still very forested. VT is more agricultural. People in NH prefer to manage there forests with a light touch. This leads to more natural selection and dead and dying trees that love to find power lines to fall onto.

telephone line was jus hit in ossipee

Bottom Text always brings a smile to my face after a tough day and power outages. It’s the little things.

Head north. Then west. And keep going. Till you start seeing orange license plates.

Edit: in reality if you want isolation, gotta go further from comfort. If you don’t want to have to drive 30+ minutes just to get to a grocery, and even further for “shopping”, don’t even try. And then there’s cost of living. I’m building remote right now, and just to get power out there it’s 60grand. Then there’s maintenance. You gonna pay someone to plow your road AND driveway each winter, or do it yourself?

Building a even quasi remote house is so much more expensive and complicated then just buying in a fucking development. And you want to be remote, you got any experience living remote? Or just another flatlander who is gonna make a post about keeping kids inside when you see a fox or particularly angry squirrel?

And what Reddit doesn't realize is that if you bury lines, when you have to cross 93 in the whites, it takes significantly more cable, even cost of drilling aside. Much easier to put two tall poles up and run a "straight" line across a valley then go down and back up.