Posted by onefarmer on January 27, 2009 at 19:23:44 from (208.100.206.74):
In Reply to: O/T sad news story posted by jay-eye-see on January 27, 2009 at 08:20:06:
[Bill Shafer said, "As I understand it they put a device like a breaker on his house. That trips when he draws more power than they want him to have.But how do they expect a 93 year old man to go out in the cold and reset it. Must have been some real dumb A## that did this.Who ever ordered it should be charged with murder.They cannot tell me that town is not wasting more power than that man was using."]
How many people are smart enough to turn off all the breakers except for the furnace and a few lights? Most on this forum are, but we are not the average American. And then how does anyone expect a 93yo to know this or be able to, especially in the temps we have been having the last weeks?
Did anyone send a worker out to see if he needed any help?
I'm sure the neighbor was watching and checking up on him but I don't expect they did every day.
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