The electricity they use has again become a silent backdrop in their lives. Noon About 600 United Power customers are still without power. The crews working the territory are only restoring power to a handful of customers at a time. Now we're really dealing with the intricate fingers of line that reach out to our most remote customers. Occasionally there is a pocket of customers, nestled in a neighborhood, that have damage that keeps the power off in their homes.
Many customers call to say thanks to the men and women who worked to get the power back on.
Others are angry about the delay, tired of missing their favorite television programs, and ready to color eggs for the holiday. They want to know why their neighbor has power, and they don't. They may not see the damage a mile down the road that directly affects their home, and they don't understand the hours of work it will take to make the repair. In a couple cases where we know power is still out we learn some are using generators, to the chagrin of powerless neighbors. Many of our customers spend their day cutting away the torn branches of trees in their yards, and the streets, finally clean and dry, will filled with laughing children.