Let’s Hear It for the People Up Poles in the Rain
A rare Perthetic column with no jokes in the first paragraph.
Line crews, heroes. Photo: Cschirp (talk), “Overhead Power Line worker”, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Before we get back to the nonsense, a straight word: the energy engineers, tree crews, council road teams, lifeboat volunteers and everyone checking on neighbours this weekend deserve every thanks going. Tens of thousands of homes have been reconnected in grim conditions.
Right. Normal service resumes: we also want to thank the one man in Craigie who directed traffic around a fallen wheelie bin with a torch and a whistle for forty minutes. Sir, it was a bin. But we salute you.
If you can, put the kettle on for someone today.
The real story: SSEN Storm Boelo update: crews restoring power (SSEN, 25 Oct 2026)
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