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Nobel6skull t1_j1qaj63 wrote

Reply to comment by SeelieForest in How prepared are you for these long power outages? by VegUltraGirl

In Kansas 32 people have no power. In Maine 25,068 people have no power. Unreliable power isn’t a US thing it’s a Maine thing.

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theora55 t1_j1quvd6 wrote

Maine got the storm after everybody else, and it was a doozy. CMP is inept, but not horribly inept.

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Tacticalaxel t1_j1qea4m wrote

Corn doesn't grow tall enough to take out power lines.

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SeelieForest t1_j1qb9qu wrote

A quick google reveals the reality.

Yes Maine has the highest frequency of outages with 3.9 per customer each year.

West Virginia - 2.8

Louisiana - 2.3

Alaska - 2.2

Tennessee - 2.2

Florida - 2.2

Montana - 2.1

Mississippi - 2.1

Georgia - 2.1

Oklahoma - 2

Is it AS BAD in other states? No. But experiencing blackouts multiple times a year on average in a range of states is not my idea of "unrealizable power isn't a US thing".

And that is JUST POWER, the infrastructure issues in America go far far beyond just keeping the lights on.

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Nobel6skull t1_j1qcz98 wrote

You just proved that Maine is the worst state and then said it’s not the worst. That is a level of opposition to reality that I just can’t deal with right now.

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theora55 t1_j1quyi1 wrote

I get Portland Water - safe, clean, reliable.

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