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I wouldn't even be surprised if that were a true story lol
Here is the thing though. If it was genuinely an emergency that means it was a pretty big area, if it's just a few houses that are out power the company wouldn't consider that an emergency situation.
OP says it's an emergency, so that means that multiple homes and possibly quite a lot of businesses as well as some manufacturing are probably affected. If the "neighbourhood" is that high priority it almost certainly has multiple cables. There is also no way in hell that the repairs would be carried out by just one person.
Yeah you can almost see the real story screaming out in despair between the lines. Some soulless drone working for electrical company got called out to fix a power line, and on the way they saw a block party going on. They think: wouldn't it be awesome to join that party instead of having to work. But no they go to work and it takes forever and when they finally figure it out, it was just one loose cable. On the drive back they keep dreaming about that block party.
Yeah, I'd also gaslight myself into believing I attended the party instead.
Yeah, plus you gotta think about the hospitals. I think they'd have backup generators, but still.
Lol no way it's true. But that day was in fact one of the happiest days for a lot of people around the country in a long time 😀