>Dear PJ:
Their was a power outage at 6:30 which affected Monroe from glen to north hillside/Monte vista. It took over 1 hour and 30 minutes for someone to arrive. During this period of time not ONE cop was seen in the area keeping people up to date, not even one cop came through. When the guy came he said “go home, this will only be a minute” then when I am walking home a transformer exploded 25 feet in front of me. When I asked “Will another one explode” he said no. Then 15 minutes later I leave and a wire explodes. It then took another 45 minutes to restore power. This job would have gone quicker if their was more then one guy working on the wire. And when he called for help all he got was a cablevision guy to sit around and watch. I would estimate 1000 people were effected by this, also I believe that some homes are still without power but I have not checked.
Hope this interests you for your next blog. Also isn’t it funny that PSE&G took forever to respond to residential areas but it only takes a few hours for the businesses to get power during the black out a few months ago? Granted the cables are underground but the whole town was filled with PSE&G workers.
Thanks for your time
Peter Coti
GWMS Student and Ridgewood citizen
