I dont know who said power was only out for an hour or that it was back on by 1:30... it was much longer than that. I think the power company might be stretching those numbers a little bit to make them selves sound better.

Oh I hope the governor enacts those increased fines to JCP&L, they are by far the worst power company in history.

Hmmm. 3,000 without power in Barnegat and 800 without power in Waretown. Yet the headline and first line of the article puts the figure at 3,600. Patch reporters doing a great job as always!

"We are inspecting the breaker. It will be a while before we know (what caused the malfunction),"

Aging infrastructure, that's what caused it.

@Missy, I don't think commentary about the inaccuracy of reporting can be categorized as complaining about everything. In fact, I think it's necessary to point out inaccuracies in reporting when found. So thanks to those people who take the time to point out errors, inaccuracies, etc. Personally, I object to the Patch’s policy of just going into a story and correcting an error or inaccuracy once it’s been pointed out without making a notation in the article that a change has been made. In the New York Times as an example, if an article is found to have an error, the original article remains with a notation at the bottom as to the misinformation or error. I believe this is a more honest form of editing.

Of course, this isn’t the only forum with errors in reporting, misspellings, typographical errors, etc., it’s rampant in all media. Apparently proofreading and fact checking are things of the past. It’s a sad state of affairs when being first to report something is more important than getting it right.

For the record this is not a complaint, it is an observation or an opinion. And, no, my life isn’t miserable.