Four days before Hurricane Sandy arrived, the Long Island Power Authority had a two-hour long meeting to discuss a variety of pending issues, including whether or not they should hire a branding consultant, along with what is reported as thirty-nine seconds dedicated to the impending storm. The New York Times reports that the power authority’s response to the storm reflects problems seated deep within the organization that will lead only to hardships for its customers. An examination by the newspaper reveals that the authority has repeatedly failed to plan for extreme circumstances such as storms, despite prodding from the government, and has failed in even such basic precautions as keeping trees around power lines trimmed.
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