The Night the Lights Went Out in Massachusetts

 

     Here in Hudson, we don't have a power company like most people. We have a trust that's publicly-owned and, absent the profit motive as with other electric companies like ConEd and Eversource (formerly NStar), power outages are rare because we simply have a better infrastructure than most towns.

      Tonight, after doing all my Xmas shipping tonight like so many other Johnny-Come-Latelys, we lost power all over town for two and a half hours. On the rare occasions we get a blackout, they usually manage to get us back online after a half hour or less but tonight the linemen were battling 65 mile an hour wind gusts, which was probably the culprit.

     I was going to write a post until my laptop and cell phone batteries died, specifically on the 34 transcripts released by the January 6 Select Committee (and there are nice little stocking stuffers embedded within to supplement the 865 page full report that dropped today).

     But tomorrow I'll be sure to write something about it in addition to all the stocking stuffing and wrapping gifts and dropping off of others so rest assured your porcine pundit is still laser-focused on the assclownery o' the day.

     So, until then, stay warm, stay safe and have a happy holiday.