Eagle, I am so sorry!!! I know exactly what you went through. 5 or 6 yrs ago here, hit Christmas Day at about 5:00pm. Had my hubby go to movie store, rent 5 movies for the inevitable being holed up, with nothing to do. The power went out, about 7:00pm, not to come back on for 8 days. Didn't watch the movies of course, and then got them back late, and paid a penalty.
I was so sick of togetherness!!!! We did have gas water heater, and one room a gas heater. Played board games, and yahoo. (do you remember that?)
Story; Everybody in SE Okla. were trying to be soooo patient with the electric crews. Knowing their time would come. 7 houses, including mine, were almost the very last in my town to get power. (tree in alley. took alot of time, vs, lots of other people) One man, eating out in a local diner, saw the electric crew come in for lunch. He went up to the guys, and said "I know you guys hear this all the time, and you have been so busy, but I am the only person in my neighborhood without power. I haven't complained, buy my wife is really starting to. When do you think it will happen?"
The electric men said that he should have power. They would check, as soon as they ate. The guys did as they promised, and checked the poles, etc... everything was in working order. The man had come out of his house to watch. One of the Electric men, walked up to him, and asked him to check his breaker box. Sure enough, breakers had been thrown. So.... instead of 4 days, with no power, he and his wife had 9 days. The most for any in town customer. But the extra 5 days, was due to the mans fault.
It was agreed, between the crew, and the man, his wife would be left "in the dark" about the "little mistake".
Told to me, by the electric man. He would not tell me who in town it was. Do all of you men stick together in your "man club"?
