Very OT - Page 5

> Juno B wrote:
>> Is it just me or does anyone else see the irony in the following
>> article. It's about our local power company.
>> Juno
>> Customers of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. may now obtain
>> geographical information on electric service interruptions due to storms
>> and other emergencies through an interactive map, available in the
>> StormCentral section of Central Hudson's Web site.
>> Advertisement
>> The Web site is www.cenhud.[0x07]com/StormCentral.html.
>
> Not all the customers or people wanting this information are the same
> people as those who are without power. Your friends and family may want
> to check up on how you are faring, for example.
>
> Other than restoring power for you instantly, the utility company has
> done about all that you can expect them to do, if not more.
>
> Others have suggested work-arounds for when you have no power. After
> all, when you have no power, you can't expect to operate "as normal"
> unless you have taken soome precautions such as others have suggested.
>
> Being out of power is frustrating, at a minimum, and could be life
> threatening.
>
> Other than to "cope", have you prepared for being without power?
>
> You have some responsibility to care for yourself.

> pamela wrote:
>> Juno B wrote:
>>> Is it just me or does anyone else see the irony in the following
>>> article. It's about our local power company.
>>> Juno
>>> Customers of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. may now obtain
>>> geographical information on electric service interruptions due to storms
>>> and other emergencies through an interactive map, available in the
>>> StormCentral section of Central Hudson's Web site.
>>> Advertisement
>>> The Web site is www.cenhud.[0x07]com/StormCentral.html.
>> Not all the customers or people wanting this information are the same
>> people as those who are without power. Your friends and family may
>> want to check up on how you are faring, for example.
>> Other than restoring power for you instantly, the utility company has
>> done about all that you can expect them to do, if not more.
>> Others have suggested work-arounds for when you have no power. After
>> all, when you have no power, you can't expect to operate "as normal"
>> unless you have taken soome precautions such as others have suggested.
>> Being out of power is frustrating, at a minimum, and could be life
>> threatening.
>> Other than to "cope", have you prepared for being without power?
>> You have some responsibility to care for yourself.
>
> Pamela, I take care of myself very well. I really didn't expect a
> lecture on my responsibilties. I just thought it was pretty funny that a
> power company decided to put up a web site to keep customers

> Juno B wrote:
>> pamela wrote:
>>> Juno B wrote:
>>>> Is it just me or does anyone else see the irony in the following
>>>> article. It's about our local power company.
>>>> Juno
>>>> Customers of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. may now obtain
>>>> geographical information on electric service interruptions due to
>>>> storms
>>>> and other emergencies through an interactive map, available in the
>>>> StormCentral section of Central Hudson's Web site.
>>>> Advertisement
>>>> The Web site is www.cenhud.[0x07]com/StormCentral.html.
>>> Not all the customers or people wanting this information are the same
>>> people as those who are without power. Your friends and family may
>>> want to check up on how you are faring, for example.
>>> Other than restoring power for you instantly, the utility company has
>>> done about all that you can expect them to do, if not more.
>>> Others have suggested work-arounds for when you have no power. After
>>> all, when you have no power, you can't expect to operate "as normal"
>>> unless you have taken soome precautions such as others have suggested.
>>> Being out of power is frustrating, at a minimum, and could be life
>>> threatening.
>>> Other than to "cope", have you prepared for being without power?
>>> You have some responsibility to care for yourself.
>> Pamela, I take care of myself very well. I really didn't expect a
>> lecture on my responsibilties. I just thought it was pretty funny that
>> a power company decided to put up a web site to keep customers
>
> Hit send before I finished.
> I find it rather funny that they put up a web site o keep customers
> informed as to the progress of work when there's a power outage. I
> probably have more back ups in my life than a lot of people. I can
> assure you though that I will neither freeze or starve because of the
> lack of power, but there's no way in hell I'll be able to let you know
> that, now is there. And if I could I wouldn't because you would be the
> first to remind me of my lack of preparedness.
> Juno

> Juno B wrote:
> > Juno B wrote:
> > > pamela wrote:
> > > > Juno B wrote:
> > > > > Is it just me or does anyone else see the irony
> > > > > in the following article. It's about our local
> > > > > power company. Juno
> > > > > Customers of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp.
> > > > > may now obtain geographical information on
> > > > > electric service interruptions due to storms
> > > > > and other emergencies through an interactive map,
> > > > > available in the StormCentral section of Central
> > > > > Hudson's Web site. Advertisement
> > > > > The Web site is
> > > > > www.cenhud.[0x07]com/StormCentral.html.
> > > > Not all the customers or people wanting this
> > > > information are the same people as those who are
> > > > without power. Your friends and family may want to
> > > > check up on how you are faring, for example. Other
> > > > than restoring power for you instantly, the
> > > > utility company has done about all that you can
> > > > expect them to do, if not more. Others have
> > > > suggested work-arounds for when you
> > > > have no power. After all, when you have no power,
> > > > you can't expect to operate "as normal" unless you
> > > > have taken soome precautions such as others have
> > > > suggested. Being out of power is frustrating, at a
> > > > minimum,
> > > > and could be life threatening.
> > > > Other than to "cope", have you prepared for being
> > > > without power? You have some responsibility to care
> > > > for yourself.
> > > Pamela, I take care of myself very well. I really
> > > didn't expect a lecture on my responsibilties. I just
> > > thought it was pretty funny that a power company
> > > decided to put up a web site to keep customers
> > Hit send before I finished.
> > I find it rather funny that they put up a web site o
> > keep customers informed as to the progress of work when
> > there's a power outage. I probably have more back ups
> > in my life than a lot of people. I can assure you
> > though that I will neither freeze or starve because of
> > the lack of power, but there's no way in hell I'll be
> > able to let you know that, now is there. And if I could
> > I wouldn't because you would be the first to remind me
> > of my lack of preparedness. Juno
> How could I remind you of any lack of preparedness when
> the power is out? I may, or may not, have properly
> prepared myself. "There is no way in hell I'll be alble
> to let you know that, now is there."
> Your "humor" in your initial posting wasn't evident.

> pamela wrote:
>> Juno B wrote:
>>> Juno B wrote:
>>>> pamela wrote:
>>>>> Juno B wrote:
>>>>>> Is it just me or does anyone else see the irony
>>>>>> in the following article. It's about our local
>>>>>> power company. Juno
>>>>>> Customers of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp.
>>>>>> may now obtain geographical information on
>>>>>> electric service interruptions due to storms
>>>>>> and other emergencies through an interactive map,
>>>>>> available in the StormCentral section of Central
>>>>>> Hudson's Web site. Advertisement
>>>>>> The Web site is
>>>>>> www.cenhud.[0x07]com/StormCentral.html.
>>>>> Not all the customers or people wanting this
>>>>> information are the same people as those who are
>>>>> without power. Your friends and family may want to
>>>>> check up on how you are faring, for example. Other
>>>>> than restoring power for you instantly, the
>>>>> utility company has done about all that you can
>>>>> expect them to do, if not more. Others have
>>>>> suggested work-arounds for when you
>>>>> have no power. After all, when you have no power,
>>>>> you can't expect to operate "as normal" unless you
>>>>> have taken soome precautions such as others have
>>>>> suggested. Being out of power is frustrating, at a
>>>>> minimum,
>>>>> and could be life threatening.
>>>>> Other than to "cope", have you prepared for being
>>>>> without power? You have some responsibility to care
>>>>> for yourself.
>>>> Pamela, I take care of myself very well. I really
>>>> didn't expect a lecture on my responsibilties. I just
>>>> thought it was pretty funny that a power company
>>>> decided to put up a web site to keep customers
>>> Hit send before I finished.
>>> I find it rather funny that they put up a web site o
>>> keep customers informed as to the progress of work when
>>> there's a power outage. I probably have more back ups
>>> in my life than a lot of people. I can assure you
>>> though that I will neither freeze or starve because of
>>> the lack of power, but there's no way in hell I'll be
>>> able to let you know that, now is there. And if I could
>>> I wouldn't because you would be the first to remind me
>>> of my lack of preparedness. Juno
>> How could I remind you of any lack of preparedness when
>> the power is out? I may, or may not, have properly
>> prepared myself. "There is no way in hell I'll be alble
>> to let you know that, now is there."
>> Your "humor" in your initial posting wasn't evident.
>
> Only to the severely humor-impaired, everyone else here
> understood exactly what Juno was implying.
>
> Beverly
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