scifan57 said:
The fact that these workers put their lives on the line is so often not properly appreciated by the public. At the SFL convention I'm attending we had a candle lighting ceremony to honour every worker killed on the job or dying of a work related illness or disease in the past year.
I remember the Ice Storm in 1998. It was a catastrophe - especially for rural communities in eastern Ontario, western and eastern Quebec.
Back then the helping hand was extended north. Crews from New York, New Hampshire, Vermont and New Jersey, came to help us in our time of need.
It was a desperate situation for thousands of people.
It took several weeks to fully restore power and months more to repair and return infrastructure to its proper state.
Through my work I had the opportunity to watch the utility crews do what they do. It was perilous, tiring work. To the untrained observer the conditions seemed impossible, yet they made it look easy.
These folks became local heroes and rightly so. They risked Injury or worse and they were away from their families for a considerable length of time.
I have great admiration for emergency service workers. They're made of different stuff than most of us, for which I'm thankful.
AA
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