Todd Burns

Todd Burns
Todd Edward Burnsis a retired Major League Baseball pitcher...
fly stored stuff
I was scheduled to fly out the day before it hit. Most of my stuff is stored down there. It's just crazy.
approach difference map
You can see the difference in the approach in the new map we just developed.
connecting means project rest
We will actually energize the project in June. That means we will be connecting it with the rest of the transmission grid.
time within
We just started to see these things within the (past) hour. Our crews haven't had time to get there and find the cause.
technology
We had anticipated this technology coming, so we didn't do a lot of hiring.
almost fast seeing services
We are seeing new outages almost as fast as we are getting services restored.
evening houses late looks type
With this type of damage, it looks like some houses will be (without power) into the late evening before we can get to them.
crew goes happens length line middle nice night power run send snow weather
Usually, it's not on a nice weather day in the middle of the day that the power goes out. It happens in the middle of the night in the snow or the rain, and we have to send a crew out to run the length of the line to find the problem.
dependent electrical existed level lifestyle modern protection since supply
We will have a level of protection for our electrical supply that hasn't existed since the 1970s, which is increasingly more important with a modern lifestyle that is dependent upon electricity.