08-10-2014, 07:25 AM
Sorry to state the obvious, but you know how it is here on Sunday. Not much happens. I expect HELCO will get back onto its statement routine tomorrow.
HELCO's statement did state the priorities. It said that the backbone of the main transmission system is broken, and the first thing to do is restore the health of the grid, and some of these key lines are in remote inaccessible areas.
They have to do that first before they can address lateral line issues, and they don't know how long it will take to get this part done, so they don't have anything exact other than a week or longer.
Honestly, I think any specific timeframe they gave right now would be feeding people BS.
I agree with you 100% about how it would be if this were Waikiki or really anywhere on Oahu.
I'm not defending the attitude, but OTOH, part of choosing to live on the fringe where people leave you alone, is that people are used to not thinking about you, which is how you like it most of the time. Then when you need them they are slow to respond.
I live on the fringe as well and have a history of picking such places. I've lived places where storms cut off all the roads connecting us to the main centers, and where power went out for days. I even had my house burn to the ground in the middle of such a disaster, and got no help other than a dry spot from a kind neighbor. So I do understand the difficulty, and not minimizing it at all.
HELCO's statement did state the priorities. It said that the backbone of the main transmission system is broken, and the first thing to do is restore the health of the grid, and some of these key lines are in remote inaccessible areas.
They have to do that first before they can address lateral line issues, and they don't know how long it will take to get this part done, so they don't have anything exact other than a week or longer.
Honestly, I think any specific timeframe they gave right now would be feeding people BS.
I agree with you 100% about how it would be if this were Waikiki or really anywhere on Oahu.
I'm not defending the attitude, but OTOH, part of choosing to live on the fringe where people leave you alone, is that people are used to not thinking about you, which is how you like it most of the time. Then when you need them they are slow to respond.
I live on the fringe as well and have a history of picking such places. I've lived places where storms cut off all the roads connecting us to the main centers, and where power went out for days. I even had my house burn to the ground in the middle of such a disaster, and got no help other than a dry spot from a kind neighbor. So I do understand the difficulty, and not minimizing it at all.