Many folks down in Raintree were without power yesterday for 3 hours. We have one hard blip and them lost power for 15-20 minutes late in the evening (I am guessing to allow the repair).

No one seems to know why.

(It was a good test for our new LED lantern that my DH got for his 5 year anniversary at work.)

Best five-year award, ever. What is a DH, BTW?

DH may be a dear husband.

I'm just west of you - we had a blip as well - power went back on, I went to bed around 9:30 and slept beautifully - to a house full of blinking lights on microwave, etc. - I had wondered if the power had gone out again. Did have a text from Com Ed saying it was restored, but no idea when that came through.

oooh I had no idea you could set-up a text with comed.

Yes, DH is short hand for Dear Husband (this time anyway )

Power went back on around 12:45am, around the same time OBL or UBL, depending on who you ask, was buried at sea.......

It amazes me that Glen Ellyn may have the worst power grid in the western suburbs. Getting a quote for a whole house generator soon.....

Yeah, I didn't know you could set up a text thing with them, either! Darl, did you do that online or something?

Mine goes out everytime we get high winds, would be nice to know when it's back on in case I'm not at home.

IMJ, I never understood that either. Why was that never upgraded? I've lived in many areas (Carol Stream, Ingleside, Naperville, St. Charles, Valley View, Elgin, Hanover Park, etc....) never have I lived anywhere where the power goes out as often as it does here. I don't even bother re-setting the time on my microwave in the summer time anymore.

At the time, I signed up through this web site - I would assume it's still an ongoing program comed text request

I lived in Elmhurst for many years - power went out there too.