You should probably look up what the word “operational” means.

And yet they have still been operational for 60 years after that… Funny that the U2 lasted longer than the Soviet Union.

It can be just like you’ve said. You can also run tailscale directly on the system hosting a service and access it directly over the tailscale network.

Would you prefer the reporter refer to you as a family, company, or building…

The point being made here is that customer is the best noun that the English language has for a reporter to talk about a companies customers. This was never about an electric company referring to people. This is all some made up BS that is completely off topic to the article.

What should the AP have called all the customers of the utility companies other than customers?

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As someone currently experiencing power loss in Tampa, i can state that I am not a company. Neither is my mom, who is also a customer of Tampa Electric, a family. Your entire comment thread on here is grabbing at an accurate statement and trying to turn it into something it’s not.

I think that, as someone that is directly affected, your comments are more insulting than the article.

You’re correct about the problem being flooding. The zones in Hillsborough county that were under evacuation orders were the low lying zones. I’m in one of those houses you speak of right now and Milton is currently about 50 miles away. I feel safe here. I know there may be some damage outside that I’ll have to fix, but I would have to do that regardless.

It probably also helps that my house isn’t in an evacuation zone, though there are houses in my neighborhood that are.

It’s looking like there was more storm surge with Helene. If Milton had hit 10-20 miles north though it would have been a toss up.

A lot of overlap from the flooding, more wind from Milton. I know a few people who have had to gut their houses already from Helene and expect it to flood again this week.