[The_Bishop]

Not sure how much different that would be from now? Only reason they haven't dealt with my lines is that my house is situated above the roadway by a good 20-25 feet. So while the energized wires make the front of my house a hazardous place to be, they're not affecting the traffic.

What pisses me off is that this is a 20 minute repair. Re-attach the neutral wire (which also serves as the tension wire to keep the lines up), re-connect it to the wire hanging out of the weatherhead. It'll take more time to put the bucket up than it would to fix it. If I had any idea it was going to take this long, when the power was still down I would have made the repair myself. I'm tired of the 'camping in my own living room' feeling. It's time for the upper management types to pull their heads out so the boots on the ground can get the job done. I've spoken to a few of the repair crews. They spend *way* too much time waiting for work orders, sitting idle for an hour at a time waiting to be told where to go next. What's going on now is a classic example of leadership failure.