[BC] Little Abner and his cloud

[towers at mre.com]

Richard,

Since this fault is of the utility's mistake/making, you have a bonfide
claim against the utility for your soft losses (food, repairs to your
furnance and basement, replacement of tools, etc.)

You're at a point where you might need counsel to press the utlity to do
the right thing.

MM

> I returned home yesterday afternoon only to discover that my electric
> service had been terminated for "non payment" of some other customer's
> bills! The management at Groveland Electric didn't even bother to check
> that the name and address was correct! The disconnection was meant for
> another customer, at another address, with another account number, etc.
>
> BTW, after the power was restored, my main server computer, that I always
> leave on, failed to start because the boot drive could not restart after
> three years of continuous running. It's going to take me several days of
> hard work to restore everything, even though hard disks are cheap. Also,
> one does NOT turn off power to a home during three days of hard rain, when
> sump pumps are essential to keep the basement dry. My furnace was found in
> three feet of water as was my laundry equipment and tools.
>
> Cheers,
> Richard B. Johnson
> Book: http://www.AbominableFirebug.com/