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<DIV>Christine, I personally am enraged. The outage affects several streets--including St. Paul--south of 28th. I'm not sure if affects some areas of Harwood, as well. I wonder if anyone at BGE realizes how hot these rowhouses get. Here are some of the people who would be affected:</DIV>
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<DIV>Next door to me are an elderly disabled couple. The man can barely get down the stairs, and the wife has a heart condition. </DIV>
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<DIV>Across the street is a woman with 4 small children. Down the street is a group home that relies on an elevator to get residents in and out of the dwelling.</DIV>
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<DIV>The inconvenience to me is nothing compared to the danger a 30-hour outage poses to these folks. I have enough money to take my cats and go stay in a pet-friendly motel. However, I feel like suing BGE, but you can't sure people just for being jerks.</DIV>
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<DIV>If you are affected by the outage, please call both BGE and the Public Service Commission, which is responsible for overseeing public utilities. I talked with them about the last outage, which thankfully was cancelled because of rain and rescheduled for a later date. But it was only a few hours, and the weather was not hot then.</DIV>
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<DIV>NB, in my increasingly long life I have lived in many places around the world. Nowhere other than Baltimore have a ever heard of a "planned power outage," and never have I been asked to go for 30 hours without power except during an emergency when power was interrupted. What do other people think?</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=Chat@charlesvillage.info href="mailto:Chat@charlesvillage.info">The Charles Village Chat List</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 6/16/2005 6:54:02 PM </DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia color=blue size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Dan, sorry, it’s next sat, June 25.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">From:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> Chat-bounces@charlesvillage.info [mailto:Chat-bounces@charlesvillage.info] <B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B><st1:PersonName w:st="on"><st2:GivenName w:st="on">Don</st2:GivenName> <st2:Sn w:st="on">Homberg</st2:Sn></st1:PersonName><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, June 16, 2005 6:45 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> <st1:PersonName w:st="on"><st2:GivenName w:st="on">The</st2:GivenName> <st2:middlename w:st="on">Charles</st2:middlename> <st2:middlename w:st="on">Village</st2:middlename> <st2:middlename w:st="on">Chat</st2:middlename> <st2:Sn w:st="on">List</st2:Sn></st1:PersonName><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Chat] BGE outage</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><st2:GivenName w:st="on"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Christine</SPAN></FONT></st2:GivenName><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">,</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">Is there a Planned Outage Job Number on the card?</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=4><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Comic Sans MS'">I did not get one in the 3000 block of <st2:Sn w:st="on">Calvert</st2:Sn>.</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Sent:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Thursday, June 16, 2005 6:32 PM<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Subject:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> [Chat] BGE outage<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">I assume everyone else got a notice from BGE about the 30-hour outage this weekend. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia"> Yes, that was 30 hours that we will not have power, from 1:00 a.m. Saturday on.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">Does this not seem like an unusually long time to go without power?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">That means no air-conditioning, laundry, refrigeration, computers, television, etc. etc. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Georgia size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Georgia">I’m curious as to whether anyone else is ruffled by this outage.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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