Before that in 2005, I nearly died of a lung infection during a stay in my 38 degree house when this unprepared town's minimal shelters were full. I was yelled at on day three by a loser high school graduate-high school-aged Brewster dispatcher and NSTAR customer representative.
Yet, there was Jamie Devlin, KB1OSX, in a 74 degree wind storm in broad daylight with dozens of lines now down due to a refusal of the Illuminated (no, not really) citizens of Cape Cod to let the NSTAR crews clear power lines as is done everywhere else in the USA.
Jamie asked Dan Howard, K1DYO, at the control if he had a NSTAR rep with him that he could manipulate into restoring power that as far as I remember has been out there for an hour.
He said he needed it because his grandmother has Alzheimer's.
No reference was made to any electrical needs. Alzheimer's is just a reason (in their house) to restore power before people with CPAP, IV pumps, respirators, fall hazards due to strokes or ear diseases.
Well I know for a fact that they're a family of rule benders because despite the CCRTA saying they will drive away if you aren't waiting for bus pickups, one day a few weeks ago the driver waited more than 15 minutes for her highness to appear outside.
So Jamie needs his power.
It's 74 and variable clouds with gusty wind with primaries serving hundreds down... and he needs power.
Jamie got mad and repeated himself until Dan told him that there were dozens if not hundreds waiting and he couldn't do that.
Will they really have the backbone to support this creditable stance ?
Doubt it.
SPQR
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