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Originally Posted by PM_Mama00
Effin cold. I'd say average is between 10 and 20, though it seems we've been in the low double digits to single digits most of this winter. They said we'd have an Indian winter. Where is it?
Don't think we have ConEd around here, and I'm not sure that Michigan has this law or program. I wish they did though. It really hurts thinking about this man and him sitting there so helpless. I really wish he had passed naturally and that's maybe why he didn't try calling for help or anything, and that he didn't suffer.
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1. Right....once he lost power...with the avg temps being as cold, he was going to quickly freeze to death
2. The point of his passing naturally...you hit the nail on the head. Most older folks tend to have a decrease in their overall body temps and sometimes can't tell how cold it is and sometimes can't even call for help...
All things considered, even if we can say that he did feel how cold it was, AND CONSIDERING that he was behind on the bill, I am willing ot bet he probably dind't have access to a phone either.
If we can stop mucking over the limiter, we can move onto the social aspect of it all which is more important right now...the gent probably didn't have a dependable social network to help him in this time of need.
90 something years old...he needed someone to make the calls for him or visit the places which could have helped him. He needed assistance of someone to also do whatever paperwork that probably is required to get the waiver needed to keep his power on.
let's look at it folks, $1000 is a lot of money to ask a 93 year old to play for power and I am willing to bet the farm that as more details come out, he had nowhere near that kind of income to cover.
PM...question...in the past few years, have you all experienced a rate hike in the gas and eletrcity in your area and by how much?
Maryland has experienced an increase by almost 50%....people damn near rioted.