Richard Fiorentino says the utility wires in his backyard need to be more taut so they don't hang so low to the ground.
Newsday photo by Gwen Young
I have been trying to have something done about the utility wires in my back yard for many years. The lines hang very low and I think they are dangerous. I have contacted LIPA, Cablevision and Verizon and all say it’s the other’s problem. There is also a problem with a circuit breaker in my yard that blows several times a year, causing a loud explosion and loss of power to the whole neighborhood.
--Richard Fiorentino, Hauppauge
Cablevision sent out a crew after we called and they confirmed the problem wires belong to Verizon.
After we described the problem to Verizon, a manager was sent to the Fiorentino home. “We did see that it was our cable that was drooping,” spokesman John Bonomo said.
The cable would be lifted to make it taut. “Hopefully that will be to his satisfaction," Bonomo said. "He was very appreciative that we were there today.”
Anyone with similar problems should call Verizon’s general repair number at 890-6611. No area code is needed in New York.
LIPA responded to the outage problems by sending workers house-to-house to determine the cause, spokeswoman Elizabeth Flagler said.
They decided there could be too many homes on one circuit and a solution would be to put half the area customers on another circuit. “That should take care of the loss of power,” she said.
