Crest Avenue Spared another Direct Hit

We were lucky.  Last nights storm did not cause any damage to our fair town.  The power remained on and there were no downed trees, at least not on Crest Avenue.  Unfortunately, our friends in the District were not so lucky.  More downed trees and power outages for some in Upper Northwest.

This area of the District was hit hard a couple of weeks ago with the "Derecho."  They were without power for days and now they are suffering through the same again.  Very frustrating.  This morning on the local news they reported that PEPCO had petitioned to cut down some of the trees that fell in DC last night but that the city had not issued a permit to allow them to proceed.  Hmmmm.

After the "Derecho", PEPCO put on a dog and pony show with some of their talking heads in which they stated that it would cost $5 billion to put all the electrical service underground and that if they were to move ahead with that option all of their customers would see their montly bills rise between $26 - $100 per month.  How much does it cost to keep sending out crews to put up new poles and repair the damage that happens each time another storm comes through, not to mention the loss of revenue.  Oh, . . . that's right.  There is a law (at least in Maryland) where PEPCO can charge us a "fee" for the days we were without power because they were "not able to generate revenue."