No blame here

Thursday, March 4, 2010

By now, all New Hampshire residents probably have their power back. Or got it back and lost it again. Who can tell with New England weather?

What we can tell is that as soon as power is lost, the line crews from our power companies seem to be on the job. And time and temperature don’t seem to make a difference – the power goes out, they go out and work hard to restore it.

As is the case with our local and state road crews who bail us out when snow clobbers the roads, we have a lot to be thankful for when it comes to power outages: the men and women who climb into the night and reattach wires and put in new telephone poles and just get the job done as quickly as possible no matter what the conditions.

Sure, when we have no power, our first impulse is to curse the darkness and then the people who haven’t yet brought us the light. That’s natural. We all want someone to blame, and it’s kind of hard to get riled at Mother Nature. She doesn’t care. It’s a lot easier to call PSNH and yell at someone, even if it’s just a disembodied recorded message.

But the fact is, the men and women of our power companies do a darn good job of bringing back the light and the heat.

OK, be irked when the power’s out. It’ll make you feel better to vent, of course. But once it’s back, say thanks to someone you know was out in the cold of night getting it back for you.