Large internet outage is usually due to power loss at a critical node in the spectrum network. Wells area was devastated in the last storm, with over 100 lines down between the house and the pole.

Ok - here ya go

It's almost like even though it's hard to predict with 100% accuracy, we're still able to use what we know about past events to give us a more accurate idea of what might happen

"Obviously, 65 mph or even 70 mph is a big number, but it's important to keep in mind these are GUSTS not sustained winds. So, no, this is not "hurricane-force" wind. Category 1 Hurricanes have SUSTAINED winds of 74 mph. Big difference. (Sorry, pet peeve). In addition, we don't have any leaves on the trees and there is snowpack on the ground in a lot of places, which helps us when it comes to power outages.

That being said, I expect a lot of outages from this event. It's just too much wind and it's out of the southeast, which hasn't historically been a kind wind direction for Maine."

https://www.newscentermaine.com/article/weather/weather-blog/maine-weather-friday-1-storm-4-issues-maine-christmas-forecast-rain-wind-snow/97-72813931-a106-4970-8dea-f04da3ee996e

Police are frequently called to hotels and motels. They can assess the situation, and at least you tried. Just call the station, don't bother the emergency 911 operators.

Good news for the mailbox manufacturing industry. A whole bunch of people are gonna need new ones!

I mean... I would talk to him yourself personally.

Step 1. Verify the truck is NOT a Dodge. Step 2. Engage in talk... "Hey Bub, nice truck, that thing got a Hemi ?" Since it is not a Dodge he responds.. "No" You then say, "Oh well it sounded like a hemi at 11pm last night, could you make it sound more like a Prius tomorrow night?"....

... disclaimer..... If it IS in fact a Dodge, this may not work. Please replace the word "Hemi" with "LS1"

Ohh now that you got called out for your ignorance you were just giggling….sure ✌🏻

Hey OP that’s the State of Maine’s responsibility not the company itself. 🙄

What is a homophone...

A company being privately-held or publicly traded has no bearing on whether or not an organization is privately run or publicly ran. Publicly ran things are the government. Privately ran things are, literally, anything else.

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The hotel in ft Kent allowed small pets a few years ago, but they may be fully booked. I think it was Northern Inn or something

AirBnB usually has something pet friendly in most areas. I brought my dog to a place near Stockholm a couple years ago.

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omg just please shut the fuck up

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Way too much thought going into this observation. And btw twitter was a public company at the time. Moving on.

I may have exaggerated slightly, but spectrum typically has problems during or after power outages as their infrastructure relies on electric power and can take a while to recover after a storm

Have you considered not bringing any small pets?

Okay, who should I start harassing with letters?

I'm worried about the Ohio "burn/spill" contaminating the ground and getting us sick

Weed. So hot right now.

Fox Family potato chips. Needhams potato candy. Moxie soda. Those are the big ones I can think of.

Idk if you realize this, but the people building weed shops aren’t the same people who build bridges.

So Twitter, as a private hosting platform, is the sole arbiter of what remains on its platform. Everyone using it signs, and must abide by, the same terms of service. This is a fact.

Angus King abides by the same TOS as Eric Brakley. According to the story King's team, not even King himself, reported Eric's account for a possible doctored video.

Posting doctored videos like what was alleged is against Twitter policy and TOS. This is also a fact.

So King's team, not King himself, reported the video. This act of reporting does nothing. This is not a magic genie lamp granting wishes, it's not a gun to some poor IT worker's head. It's not a threat, a bribe, a cajole, an extortion, or anything at all like that. It's literally a "Hey, sup?". It is now Twitter's job to investigate the matter and hold it to their totally legal, enforceable, and reasonable TOS. If Twitter decides it needs to be removed, or an account banned, it will decide that and make it happen.

So once again, where's the scandal when someone's team decides to, what they feel is, reasonably report something that possibly goes against a voluntary TOS to a private company? Where are they involved in the process of a private company making a decision to remove it and acting upon it? What's the difference between a politician using a feature as intended and a private citizen doing so, with the same results?

OP, I'm a bit late to the game but just wanted to give my two cents. As others have said, Maine Memory Network is the place to go for photos. The Maine Newspaper Project is another favorite of mine, it has digital records of local newspapers (broken up by county). The stories and ads are useful for getting an idea of what life was like and what people were talking about at the time. Good luck!

Also, folks in saco don't go, "ayuh"