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By floor9 on Dec 19, 2007 in Central PA | 0 Comments
It seems that there is more than a little building outrage over how miserably MetEd and PPL failed at restoring power and/or being prepared for this past weekend’s storm. The utilities are naturally denying that anything could have possibly prepared them for such a “catastrophic” (MetEd) and “unprecedented” (PPL) storm. This mentality really [...]
By floor9 on Dec 18, 2007 in Central PA, Weather | 0 Comments
The PUC has agreed to launch a comprehensive investigation into PPL’s sub-standard performance in restoring electricity to area consumers.
Haha - no, just kidding. While the PUC is going to “review” utility response, both PPL and Met-Ed will no doubt place blame squarely on the ice itself, rather than address the root cause of the problem. [...]
By floor9 on Dec 17, 2007 in Central PA, Weather | 0 Comments
Of course, “STFU” means “show the fark up”. Almost 36 hours with no power and no fix in sight for days. Met Ed has helpfully updated their 800 number with a recording advising customers that some of us may have lost power, and that this is due to the storm.
Met Ed seems to [...]
By floor9 on Dec 16, 2007 in Central PA, Weather | 3 Comments
Or PennElec. Or GPU. Or First Energy. Or whatever they’ve changed their name to this month.
Twelve Fifteen hours without electricity. GPU is nowhere in sight. It’s 33 degrees in my house right now. I closed off the water main and drained my pipes. But since the water main valve is [...]
By floor9 on Nov 22, 2007 in Blogging, Central PA, Downtown | 1 Comment
First, happy Thanksgiving! Â I’m up in Parts North right now recovering from an oversized holiday feast with the closest thing we have to a Starbucks. Â The drive up here is about 25% interstate and about 75% good-ol’ Pennsylvania Back Roads ™; with the leaves being down all over the place, I’m really looking forward to [...]
By floor9 on Oct 20, 2007 in Central PA | 0 Comments
Is the Gazelle writing for PennLive now? I mean, really: PHEAA is running low on cash but can’t figure out where all the money went?
Wow. Just wow.
By floor9 on Oct 16, 2007 in Central PA, Technology, Wireless | 0 Comments
It’s no secret to anyone that each and every one of the companies you do business with sells information about you to third parties. Usually, this information is in aggregate, to the tune of Comcast saying “we have 32,767 male subscribers between the ages of 18 and 24 in 17104 who pay their bills [...]
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