Hats off to Saskpower workers !

[Guest]

Power off last night in that storm about 5 hours.
about 70 km/hr winds at the peak , snowing like a bastard
out here on the fringe , power goes out lots . poles are all leaning to the east, lots ready to tip over . very little being updated
can you imagine hanging from a pole in that shit .
anyways whatever they pay these guys/gals is not enough!

[shtferbrains]

I'm with you on that one.
Anybody that ******* about linemen should go out with them splicing wires in storm hoping nobody starts up thier home rigged gen set and blows thier head off.

Not a job I envy. Way to scary for me.

After every non planed outage I always try to remember to tell them:

Thank you for your service!

[Guest]

lucky old chuck could just switch to his imaginary solar panels !
oh wait , apparently they don't work when power is out , say what ???????
can this be true?

[twocentsworth]

Power off last night in that storm about 5 hours.
about 70 km/hr winds at the peak , snowing like a bastard
out here on the fringe , power goes out lots . poles are all leaning to the east, lots ready to tip over . very little being updated
can you imagine hanging from a pole in that shit .
anyways whatever they pay these guys/gals is not enough!

You dam rights, hats off to them. I have seen them on hydro poles when its -20 with a 30-40 k wind. Thanks Boys!