Yeah? Give us a link to one then.

It's used to predict power outages homie.

"When storm patterns look like this with a combination of wind, temperature and recent climate, we can expect 30k-50k outages" or whatever. Happens all the time.

Historical data isn’t used for weather forecasts. Current data and computer models are.

Yes but by that logic if someone asks you "what is someone in the US's life expectancy" then you can just say "oh no way of knowing a meteor could hit you on the head anytime impossible to tell"

It's not, the information is out there and we have an idea of how this shit goes.

You're in another comment telling this guy historical data is irrelevant - you should tell all the meteorologists who use historical data to try to predict that exact thing. You're being obtuse.

In Saco? Plenty of them. I didn’t put them in my diary so o can’t tell you the dates.

barely made it out of hannaford.

Pleasant mountain.

What major storm has resulted in no outages in Maine?

You are more accessible to crews to repair utilities, in Saco, than 95% of the state…if that helps.

Which reminds me, gotta check all the battery banks.

Lot of good your moral superiority does. Instead of bitching about people being mean to the guy who wrote “reading isn’t your strong suit”, why don’t you share your learned experience in approximating the likelihood of power outages in Saco, Maine. A quick google search shows one major event over the past 5 years, you scrotum.

> You can unless you’re an idiot

Please enlighten us as to how non-idiots can accurately predict internet outages in and entire city of 20,000 residents.

> Some major storms have zero outages. A minor dusting can send some truck into a pole and take out service for a day.

That's how it typically goes. Much as I hate to say it, guygan is right.

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True and bring on the snow! I’m here for it. I’ve just heard tons of horror stories about both and wasn’t sure how my area faired compared to others.

Was your mom Calvin's Dad?

"No, wait, stop! He's building character!"

Thank you!

That’s fair and if someone asked me my specific town I could give them specific zones that are more prone to power outages. I’ve also never had issues with just internet back in MA. Always just power. Today I got a text about potential outages from Spectrum.

You can unless you're an idiot.

Sometimes the power goes out, sometimes it doesn’t. Part of living in this state is being prepared for anything…in the best of ways, and sometimes in the worst. This is one of the few places in the world you can shred some powder at sugarloaf one day, then go golfing the next. Orrrrr…you could (should) have a generator to power your (possibly, second) home for many hours at a time. Lots of winter left…next couple weeks are looking volatile tbh

> You could easily give some kind of indication of how these things typically go

No, I can’t easily do that. Because it’s not predictable and it “typically” doesn’t go any typical way.

I'm seeing a bunch of Mainers be an absolute dick to this guy - good representation.

It's also not a stupid question at all, outage experiences are going to vary from say, fucking Weld and this example, Saco. So, as local, you might have some idea of how this shit typically goes. Instead of offering that info, y'all are in here being cunts.

Lifelong Saco resident. Sorry you're getting snarky answers but the truth is it's literally impossible to predict. I will say that in most parts of Saco going without power for more than a day or two is rare.

You could easily give some kind of indication of how these things typically go, you're just being an ass for the sake of it.