Update: 14 days later 10,000 still do not have electricity in OKC. All of the power lines are back up. These people are the ones that the ice took down their service lines from the power poles to the the house. Homeowners are responsible for their own service lines. Most people didn't know that. Yep there will be some kind of Federal grant to fix these, but it won't be retroactive and you have to wait till they come around to fix you. So all the those folks who went into debt to pay for their own service lines ($500 to $1000 each) can't get any help to pay that off. All those who couldn't even do that are staying in the dark and cold waiting on FEMA.
And guess what, homeowners who share electricity with their neighbors who are still disconnected via a "vi sable" extension cord are being written up by the OKC community inspectors for creating a hazardous situation.
My old electric chain saw needed a new chain, so 10 calls and 8 visits to home stores, got me one for my "antique" electric saw (25= years old). So now I am out cutting up the big limbs so as to haul them to the curb. It also doesn't look like Aspund/OG&E is not coming back to clean up their mess in my back yard. So I'll be cutting those up and carting them out front as well. Lots of people are paying big bucks to others to get this done. I'll just do it a twig at a time.
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