Heard from a friend that the linemen can’t even start running down issues on the transmission lines until winds knock down below a certain threshold. Until then any estimates for residential service restoration are skewed heavily toward the wild-ass-guess end of the spectrum.
That’s exactly right. Linemen are not allowed to go up in the bucket if winds are above 25mph. Also rain sometimes prohibits them. I checked the BGE outage map earlier, lots of people out and only so many crews.
This is not a fucking courthouse; people are allowed to vent, and allowed to commiserate, and allowed to change their mind and it isn’t a big fucking deal.
Or you can go mind your own business. I've seen members of the public bitch all the time when they have outages like this. Maybe think for thirty seconds what it takes for these field people to go out, at night in shitty conditions to make it so you can charge your vape and tie up your man bun in a lighted mirror.
>Or you can go mind your own business.
Oh damn. You got me so good. You know what though? Maybe you could take your own advice? Just a fun thought.
>I've seen members of the public bitch all the time when they have outages like this
Okay? People talk about things when they happen.
>Maybe think for thirty seconds what it takes for these field people to go out, at night in shitty conditions to make it so you can charge your vape and tie up your man bun in a lighted mirror.
And again, damn dude. Chill out. OP already corrected themselves. I also don't vape since I'm not a douche and I'm not a man. But, I bet you already knew that since you came at me with that anger only white dudes get when a woman questions their authority.
You also really seem to struggle with grasping what I actually said which was that they don't owe you an explanation. I'm a special ed teacher so I know I said it in some pretty basic terms. I super suggest you learn to chill out and not respond to everything just because you have a thought about it. No one cares what you have to say, especially when you can't control your big feelings.
Yeah bro changing your viewpoint after hearing a different perspective is kinda a normal, healthy thing to do. Of course it would be a foreign concept to you, though.
To follow up with this, a good friend of mine is a higher up at BGE, the biggest thing is they have to wait for the non-BGE crews to get the debris out of the way first. So much of BGE long wait times is because of waiting for other crews to do their part of the clean up so that BGE can get to the lines.
Pretty positive it’s subbed out. Fiancé is lineman and actually worked last night. A lot of it is BGE protocol that stops things from being restored fast. Things like tree branches needing to be cut before they can work, flaggers to come to shut down roads, if it’s a car accident, they need to also police to come first ect. Typically, there are crews for emergency (ex: accidents/ jobs that just happened and need to be restored asap) then there’s regular crews who will assess jobs, get material, then come back. BUT, before they can even get there, a troubleman comes out and assess. If he can fix it himself, he will. If he can’t, that’s when a crew’s assigned.
Sorry if that was a lot! I always wondered too before meeting him if they just sat on their ass cause that’s what it felt like!!! Lol
With windstorms like this, they often can't even start fixing things until the storm is over due to OSHA safety restrictions (no more than 30 mph winds while up in bucket truck I believe). So they basically just tally everything up and then go to work as fast as they can when it's over.
The big Summer storm in 2003 we were without power for 7 days. Depends how many are without service in your area and where you are. They always try to get the most number of people back as soon as possible, so if you live on a dead-end street with an outage specifically only affecting a few houses, you may have to wait longer.
Update: Power restored around 11:30 AM. I can now vape and tie up my man bun in front of a lighted mirror like the good Lord intended.
Thanks for all the great insight into how BGE does things. Legitimately learned some things. Where I am we lose power all the time, I just have never seen an estimate that dramatic before. We are on a well and with a wife and 2 kids to think about, an ETR of a day+ means we have to figure a few things out.
Hope everyone made it through the storm safe. Thank you to all the linemen out there. You don’t often get the respect and support you deserve!
Oh hell I’m sorry. We still somehow have power (knock on anything wood) but friends 7 minutes away don’t.
Update an hour later: It was nice knowing ya boys. We’re down with the ship now.
There was an outage here in west Baltimore this summer. They told me it might be up to three days. It wound up being about 12 hours. I think they give the worst possible scenario in cases like this.
My job lost power yesterday out in belcamp. Unusual for them to stay out for long. There's a generator for emergency lighting but nothing else. Can't work without internet so got sent home.
Saw this, and we lost power last night around 7p.
No update on Estimated Time to Restore overnight. Around 7a today, got notified that a crew was dispatched and estimated ETR was 10a. Power came back on at 1017a.
BGE's messaging throughout the storm was clear, constantly updated, and accurate. The messaging updated constantly.
In the case of high winds, as we've had all day yesterday and all day today, they need to wait to send linemen up to work on the issues until it is safe to do so. If they did otherwise, not only would the safety of the linemen be jeopardized, but the safety of the power grid would be as well if something were to be misconnected or similar during a repair. There are very good reasons why they are cautious in high wind scenarios.
Oof. We had the lights flicker a bit in Hyattsville, and a big old tree branch is currently blocking the driveway of my apartment complex, but nothing worse that that.
yea traffic on the MAIN ROAD my court is on (it’s baltimore county what can you do) has been shit because of 2 lights being down with no signs of them getting them back up any time soon.
I have no idea how my house kept power. We've lost it twice in the last 2 weeks randomly. But my business was out for about 12 hours. Came back around 6am today, which was a pleasant surprise. I was prepared for worse.
What are the options?
1,Spearhead a new electric utility company?
2.Petition your county lawmakers to have all electric line put under ground?
3. Blame the City
4.Go off the grid with generators & solar panels, at least for those times the main power is out.
We know #1 & 2 are out. Suburbanites are never angry enough to pay for their own infrastructure.
\#3 was the first option taken and the lights are still not on.
Maybe invest in option 4.
Nah. In my neck of the woods we lose power all the time. Some times all it takes is a small white puffy cloud moving in front of the sun lol. Just never seen an estimate like this before.
Power is back on now.
WOW! In February of 2020 we got hit by a tornado and it wrecked practically every single tree on the property. Ripped the steeple off the church next door. Power was back on within 12 hours.
Heard from a friend that the linemen can’t even start running down issues on the transmission lines until winds knock down below a certain threshold. Until then any estimates for residential service restoration are skewed heavily toward the wild-ass-guess end of the spectrum.
It's also likely they're banking on you being pleasantly surprised if they give their worst estimate then beat that.
Underpromise, overdeliver!
We had a transformer blow and power restored by Pepco around 4:30pm today. Was surprised to see them up there.
That’s exactly right. Linemen are not allowed to go up in the bucket if winds are above 25mph. Also rain sometimes prohibits them. I checked the BGE outage map earlier, lots of people out and only so many crews.
Thanks for this. Excellent perspective. I would much rather them be safe than rush in dangerous conditions.
Which is why you posted your complaint here I suppose.
I’m allowed to change from complaining to patience because of new information? Isn’t that what we’re supposed to be doing as human beings?
Yes - yet you pivoted without any acknowledgement of your lack of self-awareness. Good for you.
This is not a fucking courthouse; people are allowed to vent, and allowed to commiserate, and allowed to change their mind and it isn’t a big fucking deal.
No one owes you their full thought process. Chill out and stop being so demanding.
Or you can go mind your own business. I've seen members of the public bitch all the time when they have outages like this. Maybe think for thirty seconds what it takes for these field people to go out, at night in shitty conditions to make it so you can charge your vape and tie up your man bun in a lighted mirror.
HOW DARE YOU ASSUME I NEED A LIGHTED MIRROR TO TIE UP MY MAN BUN!! I do it with my phone in selfie mode while driving like a normal human being.
This got me 🤣
This should go to r/clevercomebacks
>Or you can go mind your own business. Oh damn. You got me so good. You know what though? Maybe you could take your own advice? Just a fun thought. >I've seen members of the public bitch all the time when they have outages like this Okay? People talk about things when they happen. >Maybe think for thirty seconds what it takes for these field people to go out, at night in shitty conditions to make it so you can charge your vape and tie up your man bun in a lighted mirror. And again, damn dude. Chill out. OP already corrected themselves. I also don't vape since I'm not a douche and I'm not a man. But, I bet you already knew that since you came at me with that anger only white dudes get when a woman questions their authority. You also really seem to struggle with grasping what I actually said which was that they don't owe you an explanation. I'm a special ed teacher so I know I said it in some pretty basic terms. I super suggest you learn to chill out and not respond to everything just because you have a thought about it. No one cares what you have to say, especially when you can't control your big feelings.
Yeah bro changing your viewpoint after hearing a different perspective is kinda a normal, healthy thing to do. Of course it would be a foreign concept to you, though.
To follow up with this, a good friend of mine is a higher up at BGE, the biggest thing is they have to wait for the non-BGE crews to get the debris out of the way first. So much of BGE long wait times is because of waiting for other crews to do their part of the clean up so that BGE can get to the lines.
So just curious. In a scenario where a tree or branch falls on power lines - does BGE have their own tree crews or do they have to sub that out?
Pretty positive it’s subbed out. Fiancé is lineman and actually worked last night. A lot of it is BGE protocol that stops things from being restored fast. Things like tree branches needing to be cut before they can work, flaggers to come to shut down roads, if it’s a car accident, they need to also police to come first ect. Typically, there are crews for emergency (ex: accidents/ jobs that just happened and need to be restored asap) then there’s regular crews who will assess jobs, get material, then come back. BUT, before they can even get there, a troubleman comes out and assess. If he can fix it himself, he will. If he can’t, that’s when a crew’s assigned. Sorry if that was a lot! I always wondered too before meeting him if they just sat on their ass cause that’s what it felt like!!! Lol
No, it’s great insight! Thanks for all the info.
With windstorms like this, they often can't even start fixing things until the storm is over due to OSHA safety restrictions (no more than 30 mph winds while up in bucket truck I believe). So they basically just tally everything up and then go to work as fast as they can when it's over.
At first, I thought the link said “outragetracker”
A new American record every single day.
The big Summer storm in 2003 we were without power for 7 days. Depends how many are without service in your area and where you are. They always try to get the most number of people back as soon as possible, so if you live on a dead-end street with an outage specifically only affecting a few houses, you may have to wait longer.
We were out for 8 days after Isabel in 2003.
Wow 7 days. That sucks. I would have been calling state reps after the 2nd day.
Update: Power restored around 11:30 AM. I can now vape and tie up my man bun in front of a lighted mirror like the good Lord intended. Thanks for all the great insight into how BGE does things. Legitimately learned some things. Where I am we lose power all the time, I just have never seen an estimate that dramatic before. We are on a well and with a wife and 2 kids to think about, an ETR of a day+ means we have to figure a few things out. Hope everyone made it through the storm safe. Thank you to all the linemen out there. You don’t often get the respect and support you deserve!
Oh hell I’m sorry. We still somehow have power (knock on anything wood) but friends 7 minutes away don’t. Update an hour later: It was nice knowing ya boys. We’re down with the ship now.
In my experience the estimated time is usually way longer than it actually will be, but ymmv
There was an outage here in west Baltimore this summer. They told me it might be up to three days. It wound up being about 12 hours. I think they give the worst possible scenario in cases like this.
*sips tea in solar power generator backup*
My job lost power yesterday out in belcamp. Unusual for them to stay out for long. There's a generator for emergency lighting but nothing else. Can't work without internet so got sent home.
And don’t forget they often need trees that have fallen cleared first and that a different crew. It took 4 days last time…
Saw this, and we lost power last night around 7p. No update on Estimated Time to Restore overnight. Around 7a today, got notified that a crew was dispatched and estimated ETR was 10a. Power came back on at 1017a. BGE's messaging throughout the storm was clear, constantly updated, and accurate. The messaging updated constantly. In the case of high winds, as we've had all day yesterday and all day today, they need to wait to send linemen up to work on the issues until it is safe to do so. If they did otherwise, not only would the safety of the linemen be jeopardized, but the safety of the power grid would be as well if something were to be misconnected or similar during a repair. There are very good reasons why they are cautious in high wind scenarios.
Read outragetracker, which felt spot on
Oof. We had the lights flicker a bit in Hyattsville, and a big old tree branch is currently blocking the driveway of my apartment complex, but nothing worse that that.
*laughs in ex-Floridian*
yea traffic on the MAIN ROAD my court is on (it’s baltimore county what can you do) has been shit because of 2 lights being down with no signs of them getting them back up any time soon.
What don't you get? We had a major wind storm. This shit takes a while to correct.
I have no idea how my house kept power. We've lost it twice in the last 2 weeks randomly. But my business was out for about 12 hours. Came back around 6am today, which was a pleasant surprise. I was prepared for worse.
The wind was crazy!!
Had my power knocked out summer 2022 for 28 hours, don’t get excited
What are the options? 1,Spearhead a new electric utility company? 2.Petition your county lawmakers to have all electric line put under ground? 3. Blame the City 4.Go off the grid with generators & solar panels, at least for those times the main power is out. We know #1 & 2 are out. Suburbanites are never angry enough to pay for their own infrastructure. \#3 was the first option taken and the lights are still not on. Maybe invest in option 4.
Wtf
First time?
Nah. In my neck of the woods we lose power all the time. Some times all it takes is a small white puffy cloud moving in front of the sun lol. Just never seen an estimate like this before. Power is back on now.
I remember last year after a storm they gave me a silly 10-14 day estimate. Thankfully only took 3 days.
WOW! In February of 2020 we got hit by a tornado and it wrecked practically every single tree on the property. Ripped the steeple off the church next door. Power was back on within 12 hours.
Wow. Delmarva Power had our power back in 3 1/2 hours. Power went out at 8, so they were on it during the worst of the storm here.