ChocolateLab33
Flashlight Enthusiast
I know that being a flashaholic I should probably welcome a power outage here and there like many other CPF members do but I have to admit that I HATE POWER OUTAGES!!! I think the reason is that I am at the mercy of ComEd and we have had such a problem in my area every summer for the past so many summers I can't even remember now how long this has been going on. Every time it storms whether it's bad or not the freakin' power goes out. What really pisses me off is the people directly across the street from me never lose power. So we sit in the dark for an average of 4 hours or more with no a/c if it's hot and we have to unplug everything because of all of the 'warning beeping' going on with the surge protectors and cordless phones, etc. not to mention my security system which goes into 'trouble' status (battery back up) until the power comes back. I have complained (and my neighbors have also complained) to ComEd and the village I live in numerous times every summer and absolutely nothing is being done about this problem. I understand outages happen in bad weather but when the power goes out 8 times in one summer (averaging 4 hours) and the people across the street are not experiencing the same thing, wouldn't that tick you off? Does anyone have any suggestions as to who I can talk to about this situation?
Thanks!
Thanks!