power outages

A JP welcome from Nstar

adamg — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:52:32 -0500

On Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker, Abby describes her first taste of random Jamaica Plain power outages:

... So the power went out last night from 5-7pm, then again at around midnight for 3 more hours. ...

Thank goodness for cell phones

adamg — Fri, 12 Aug 2005 08:50:56 -0400

Jeremi reports from his darkened North End condo:

... This is the second electrical fire in 2 days in the North End. All power has been cut in this and surrounding neighborhoods. I am writting this post via my mobile phone.

I wonder what brainiac at NStar is responsible for this mess???

North End mess

Ron Newman — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 21:41:23 -0400

This afternoon around 4:30 pm, the power went out at my office on Union Wharf. A quick survey of the neighborhood found Hanover Street jammed with fire trucks, and smoke pouring out of the street near Sovereign Bank. When I returned to Union Wharf, smoke was also pouring out of a manhole in our parking lot.

Apparently this was the third underground North End fire in less than 24 hours. According to the lunchtime crowd at Contrada's, there was a fire last night around 10 pm, and another one this morning.

The Madonna della Cava festival is supposed to start tomorrow night around Hanover and Battery Street. I hope NStar can fix the problem by then.