I'd agree-daylight shortening quickly now, gets harder as you enter late August and with cooler weather this week that takes us to 8/22 and beyond before any return to heat.
some burn here too and I'm 5 miles inland from the sound. I also have salt on my south facing windows... Nothing like what you're describing but you all face the open Atlantic vs the sound.
interestingly, my hot water heater provided hot water throughout the whole ordeal (nat gas). Some of my neighbors did not...not sure why....Our water heater is a couple years old.
hopefully something changes of out of it and once the lights come back on people don't forget. Butler lost his CEO job after the 2011 disaster but there were no fines or lawsuits. There's zero excuse this go around-they should pay a penalty for sure. Inexcusable response. UI was only slightly better.
what's the population difference b/w now and then? Does that factor in at all? Otherwise I agree-antiquated equipment or they're not doing proper upkeep. Imagine if a Cat 3 took that path?
To me it looked like they were reactive vs proactive-out of state crews were not called in until 24-48 hours post storm-I'm sure they'll blame Covid or something but there's no excuse for that-they knew what they were looking at by Tuesday eve.