Not a worker, but a lawyer acquaintance of mine was told by a lawyer friend of his, who represents Long Island Lighting, that the power may not come back for all for three weeks. (Not clear whether he started counting on the day of the storm, or back on Friday, when the comment was made.) The LILCO attorney is reported to have said that LILCO is not stating this publicly because it knows that, if it did, people would go crazy.

After listening to hours of utility complaints on WFAN yesterday, I concluded that LIPA'sl failures are due to lack of a dispatching system that tells management in real tome where all crews are, whether they need anything to do the necessary work, and what are the needs at alladdresses. Think GPS, accurate detailed maps and instant access to what crews ate doing or why they're stalled, what they're waiting for. This probably entails sophisticated equipment that the utility Izard lacking. Explains why crews aresidelined doing nothing and shy crews are dispatched to miles away when they could fix something very nearby instead. Such systems should be installed by all utilities in storm threatened Teas, and with capability to handle all the incoming crews from outside areas. Can WNYC ask some questions about management deficiencies in this area?

While it's true that there are difficulties with subways in some areas, I think the transit workers have been incredible in getting as much subway service back as quickly as they have, especially given the potential dangers of being underground with power lines down and water everywhere. How many of us would choose to take jobs like these? I think they deserve some love too.

I was w/0 power for 9 days, got back Tues night. On my way out to get something to eat on Tues passed a crew from Wisconsin repairing our power. I stopped, rolled down the window and said THANK YOU! He said you're welcome. Sometimes a small gesture goes a long way.

I'm not an emergency worker, but I just saw some FEMA agents out on West 28th Street (6/7) in Manhattan. I'm not sure that we need them here because I don't think anyone on this block lost anything, but they're out here poking around.

Thank goodness for these good people that are working around the clock to restore our power, many times even ahead of their own. Stay safe out there. And remember readers what your grandmother told you: If you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all! The LAST thing these people need is people yelling at them!

what ever happened to the union/ nonunion issue that FOX is always yelling about

A BIG thank you to PIKE (the worker just on the air) for getting the power back in the Bronx, an under mentioned boro in the power outages!

Did you see that Cuomo fired Steven Kuhr director of the State Office of Emergency Management because he hired his agency to remove a tree from his house first...