It's completely understandable that you might lose power following a massive storm. It's even understandable that you might be without power for several days while the power company repairs damaged lines. What doesn't make sense is when you have no electricity because the power company is convinced that you have no idea what you're talking about.
A 73-year-old Chicago-area man was one of more than 400,000 people who lost power following a particularly horrendous storm in late June. But while other people's power started coming back on, this chap remained in the dark.
You'll be shocked to hear that repeated calls from the man, and later his son, to the power company resulted a dead end. The son tells NBC Chicago that he was twice told by reps at Commonwealth Edison that "The power is back on, everything's okay... Am I sure that there's a problem?"
It wasn't until after he threatened to get the local news involved that ComEd actually got workers out to his father's house and had the power restored.
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