Leaders condemn violence against utility workers

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[kiracaroso]

The second someone brandishes a gun, that should count as an immediate refusal of service.

[NancyParsley-kzzw]

My son is a lineman. He went to Puerto Rico when no one had power. They were appreciated so much. People brought them food, drinks, whatever they might want or need. He still has a picture a little girl drew for him. It depicts a lineman up the pole with a Superman cape.

[kerrywayne]

My power was out for a month after Hurricane Ida. When those guys came to our neighborhood we treated them like heroes, like family.

[CrystalEsch]

Threatening or hindering a utility worker who's restoring public services following a disaster should be considered domestic terrorism and result in automatic prison time.

[northstar]

what beef could anyone possibly have with linemen helping restore power????

[charlesford]

Give these men and women the respect they deserve.

[VuongNguyen-xk]

As a lineman myself, I will never want to work for these ungrateful people. Go and fix it yourself

[loriholloway]

Lineman are unsung heroes. My husband was one. When we were tornado warned, he took me and the kids to his mom's while he went out in it. House fire or car hits power line? Victims can't be extracted until power main is cut at times. Ice storm? Out in the cold for days. Some areas where repair has to happen is inaccessible. They make it happen. Life jackets, aluminum boats and chainsaws, sometimes borrowed from generous neighbors. 😢❤

[FLjcollins]

I live in South FL- we were without power for 7 days before we saw a line crew after Hurricane Ian. When they finally hit our area- they were treated like super heros. Coolers of water, other drinks, and food were brought to them and restocked by our community for the 3 days it took them to get us back on-line. These men were extremely greatful and worked 18 hr days for us over those 3 days. Be kind to these men- you will need them again with how bad our infrastructure is in this country.

[thomashydes]

People should be giving these men food, drinks, and praise instead of giving them a hard time.

[thekehoeshow..]

Lineman here. The veil of civilization is very thin. The problem is that when people have been completely without power for more than 2-3 days, people start breaking down. So when a crew is seen laying down on a break to take a nap, or in a restaurant having dinner, the people still without power get mad that you arent still working. They dont think about the fact that you are on your 4th 18 hour day and you are hungry and tired.

[PrincessPeach]

As a Houstonian, I am extremely disappointed that this happened. We took care of our linemen when they came out to fix the lines, heck my man even went and cut a tree off the line so all they had to do was work on the actual line instead of waiting for a crew to come out and cut the tree off. I’ve heard a lot of people were bringing out water bottles and snacks for the linemen and that’s what being Texan is all about. Stay cool out there, y’all! And stay sweet.

[CurtisDrew]

I am a retired Power Lineman and I've worked many more disaster resorations than I want to remember. And I've faced both ends of this dynamics. From being cussed out and threatened to folks bringing us out food while we work so we can keep working on their outages .
One granny baked 3 pies in her wood fired stove when she saw us start on the neighborhoods power lines during an ice storm. She handed them to us the second we got her power back on. Those were the best pies we've ever eaten.
We have worked 20 hour days just trying to get every house back up and running.

We make big sacrifices to work long and hard in that dangerous line of work. We have to eat to keep up our strength. So we can keep working.

[pinkzebra]

After hurricane Katrina and being out of power for about a month we were absolutely thrilled and praising God that they were working on the lines. We had so many of them come from other states to help us here in Mississippi. God bless all of these utility workers! They are making a HUGE sacrifice to go to other states to help out.

[Antonia.h]

My cousin is a lineman. He has gone 24 hours before with no sleep and nothing to eat. All trying to restore power to people. These men are not robots folks.

[MeowAdi]

Indian here. My dad used to be Lineman when I was born. Now he's an Executive Engineer in The Power Distribution Corporation of The State of Andhra Pradesh. I get you guys. More power to you ❤

[warrenzimmerle]

Lost power in a storm. Crews worked 3 days to get us back. Took them water, made sandwiches, BBQ for them. Great group of men.

[pzgreni]

Linemen are my heroes. Lived through many power outages from high winds, ice storms, blizzards, and tornadoes. These guys are out there fixing the damage in cold, heat, wet, holidays or no holidays. Show them respect.

[pashatemurtem]

Guns?! Really? If you threaten or shoot someone, do you think you'll get better service, a commendation, and a gold star?! Fortitude and respect, people!

[krystamaccourt]

I lived in St Thomas during Hurricane Irma and Maria in 2017, and we used to line up and cheer for the linemen who came down and gave our island power every day when they drove by because we appreciated them so much! This is a horrible, embarrassing shame to treat these heroes this way...smh