We lost a couple back in the day. I don't miss worrying about those things at all.
When we moved to our current home in 2007, it seemed like Cimarron Electric was needing to fix something every time the wind blew. Over the years they've gotten much better and things have been much more reliable.
Between my folks and me, we’ve had OEC service for a bit more than 30 years. The longest any of us were without electric service was about six hours when a tornado took out a big transmission line in east Norman. Frankly, I’m surprised they were able to do it in such short order, but they had it temporarily rigged and back in operation in about six hours.
OEC is ruthless about keeping the vegetation cleared out from under their power lines. I’ve seen some very oddly-shaped trees in eastern Cleveland County, I can tell you that much.
That's the way our service has been everytime the wind blows power flickers or goes out. Has improved the last couple of years but still keep generators, fuel and wood on standby. Lived here 16 years and have endured many week long outages over the years the 11 day being the longest.
Maybe you missed the sarcasm, but if I spray.....It's gonna rain! No rain was forecast on the days I sprayed. That last one we had sideways rain and probably got a 1/2" in 15 minutes. I told family "I can make it rain anytime I want and I was batting 1.000, so don't doubt me." lol
The weeds? All of them... I have them all!
In the four years since we have lived here, this is the first time we have been without power. I am glad we have the generator now.
It is concerning that many of the gas stations are out of fuel. We visited 5-6 this afternoon before we found one with fuel. Some had no power, most had power but no fuel. How do we live in the oils capital of the world but unable to keep ground tanks full?
It is concerning that many of the gas stations are out of fuel. We visited 5-6 this afternoon before we found one with fuel. Some had no power, most had power but no fuel. How do we live in the oils capital of the world but unable to keep ground tanks full?
I don’t claim him. I also don’t respect his stolen title.
Sorry I missed the sarcasm. I like using a product that is 2 4 D and dicamba with some surfactant.
Hospitals, Nursing homes, anything to do with medical or health gets first priority to get their service restored. Tulsa had 15 or so substations damaged with hundreds of poles down and lines on the ground. I heard today that 12 had been repaired but the mid town area may not recover power until the weekend.
What normally happens is that when a disaster hits, the utility company's offer shared resources where line crews are sent to swarm an area and get it back as soon as possible.
What happened in this situation is that the storm caused damage from Lawton to Kansas City. Every municipality is dealing with their own issues to get service back to their customers with no crews to be shared.
In the past, I've seen line crews from Miami Florida in Oklahoma for tornado damage recovery, and we send our crews to them when hurricanes impact that area.
We drove from Ponca to Broken Arrow today. Lots of roofs in Sand Springs gone, and trees down everywhere.
This is Oklahoma where losing power to storms isn't an isolated incident. Get a generator, get it wired in correctly, and settle in for the long haul.
