[operatingthetan]

Not for me it hasn't, you seem to be describing a very specific edge case, which doesn't seem that honest of an example.

[nonethewiser]

I don’t see him overstating anything. He didn’t say everyone experienced it.

[operatingthetan]

>He didn’t say everyone experienced it.

They clearly over-generalized. I didn't say they "overstated." They didn't say "in some parts of Seattle" they said "in Seattle."

I'm sure there have been edge cases in every state of the country where the power has been 10 days at someone's house because of unique circumstances. That doesn't meaningfully change the risk profile of a heat pump over gas furnaces.

[WalterBright]

It wasn't a unique case. It happens about once every 20 years. The time before the 10 day event it was 4 days. I live in the middle of the Seattle metropolitan area, not out in the country. The powerlines were down for miles around. The powerlines thread through the trees, and the trees fall on them during a windstorm.

[operatingthetan]

>It wasn't a unique case. It happens about once every 20 years.

Alright, that's so rare it's hardly a data point.

>I live in the middle of the Seattle metropolitan area, not out in the country.

Wait, so you aren't even talking about the city of Seattle? Never mind...

[WalterBright]

Non-locals don't know the suburb name, so when talking to non-locals I use Seattle. When talking to locals, I use the suburb name.

> that's so rare it's hardly a data point.

I never expected a 10 day power failure in the middle of a metropolitan city.

[operatingthetan]

Much simpler and accurate to say "a suburb of Seattle." So your original statement was misleading in several ways.

E.g. Seattle City Light has a better reputation for uptime than Puget Sound Energy.