High winds and rain across New England sees hundreds of thousands of premises without power, flooding and trees across roads. This is the second Nor’easter this winter, following the #bombcyclone in January 2018.
Power utilities and their contractors have working admirably in tough conditions to restore power and support the community.
But really, in today’s day and age, in one of the most populous and modern corners of a western nation – is this acceptable?
Many social media posts from the community would suggest not, so either the power systems are not engineered or operated to meet expectations of users or the environment has changed.
- Poles are seemingly overloaded, snapped halfway up
- Overhead lines through populous and tree lined areas
- Ageing underground cables and joints
- Americas infrastructure rated as C- by IEEE
But hey – the mass media was kind and the shareholder will profit, so all good?! /cynic
