Stan Geiger

What Has PSO Done?

On the eve of what sounds like a major winter event in Tulsa, I think now would be a good time for the local media to ask executives at PSO just what they have done since December 2007.

In December 2007, all Tulsans recall, the ice storm from hell hit town. There was a power outage of catastrophic proportions. Power to my mom's house was out for 9 freakin' days.

I was fortunate; my residence never lost power. I live in an apartment complex on South Mingo Road. I have to figure the main feeder lines for my place run down Mingo. There are no trees, so the lines stayed up. There are no overhead lines at all in my complex; everything is underground. I reckon those were the reasons I got so lucky.

From what I've seen and heard over the past couple of years, PSO has done little or nothing to avoid another devastating power outage due to ice.

How much ice Tulsa will get remains to be seen. PSO execs---high-paid members of the "best and brightest" class---had better be praying the ice band stays south of here.

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