More than 24 hours after the storm that hit St. Louis, nearly all the traffic lights on a long stretch of Kingshighway, one of the city's major north-south thoroughfares, are not working. It's a similar situation at major intersections such as Hampton and Chippewa.
What this might mean: power service for individual customers could take a long while to fix.
Street lights without electricity present a public hazard that I would guess is deemed a higher priority than individual residences.
The fact that many street lights aren't working is an indication that there is still lots of very high priority work that needs to be done first, such as senior centers and hospitals. (Fortunately, all hospitals have backup generators.)
Prediction: There will still be people without power one week from today. I hope it's not me.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment