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SeelieForest t1_j1q9hmc wrote

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

Yup, every state has the same issues. In more advanced countries they put power lines under ground.... but in Kansas if the wind blows the power goes out.

We COULD invest in this country, but that would require doing things that isn't making some corrupt piece of shit rich. So instead let's just shove all our money at corrupt health care industry and corrupt internet companies and rail lines.

Oh? Rail workers want a single paid sick day? Fuck that, get the president on the line and crush them!! lol

Every single step we are fucking over the people of this country while things just keep getting worse and worse from decay and lack of investment. And instead of demanding anything better, the citizens smile and shrug "at least we aren't some random 3rd world country!!!". Always comparing themselves to the very bottom of the world to make themselves feel good lol.

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Nobel6skull t1_j1qaj63 wrote

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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