Who Is Helping These People? See At The Bottom About Free Repairs. Are Workers Really Not Getting Paid?
SKIATOOK, Okla. – Huddled near her fireplace, Marla Carter wondered when Skiatook will be mentioned in news reports about the storm-related power outages that have left her without electricity for the past 10 days.
President Bush issued a major disaster declaration Tuesday for seven Oklahoma counties battered by the ice storm. Federal funds will now be available to reimburse state and local governments for cleanup and infrastructure repairs.
Crews working 13-hours shifts have restored power to all but 32,943 homes and businesses by Wednesday morning. Utility officials said power cannot be restored to some structures until the customers repair damage to connections where electrical service enters a home or business.
In Oklahoma City, city officials on Wednesday announced a pilot program with state and federal agencies to repair damaged residential electric meter bases for *free*.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071219/ap_o…
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January 20, 2010 @ 5:08 am
The workers would be paid either by the utility or by the state. Meter bases (the thing that holds your electric meter) are normally the responsibility of the property owner. The free part of this is that the work would be done without the property owner having to pay for the work.
January 20, 2010 @ 6:02 am
Geez… “Free repairs” means that the people aren’t being charged for that work…. not that the electrical workers aren’t being paid… and if you actually read the article you would notice that those people are being helped…. but one can’t wave a magic wand and fix everything in an hour…. does the word “disaster” mean anything?