Quote Originally Posted by venture79 View Post
Yeah, unfortunately it took out the power here from around 7PM last night to almost 5AM. The most aggravating thing it was only about 20 houses in the neighborhood impacts. I live on a street that forms a "U" and all the houses inside the U were without power, and those on the outside (except for the 6 on the bottom of it) were perfectly fine. Same crap happened during the major ice storm a few years back...at least it didn't take 6 days this time. Stupid OG&E.
Underground utilities can significantly reduce the down time due to storm damage.
When we were looking for our current home having underground utilities was on the must have list.