We want to applaud you for your Jan. 27 editorial praising the Puget Sound Energy workers who struggled to repair downed lines under dangerous circumstances. Workers came from many areas and worked long hours.

A friend of ours has a son who works for PSE, and she said he worked 30 hours straight, went home and slept for four hours and went back to work. The editorial cartoon expressed it well.

Our area had unusual weather – snow, ice and wind – that caused trees and limbs to fall on the wires. It wasn’t just Comcast that went down.

Jeanne Harold, writer of a letter to the editor, seemed self-centered and didn’t acknowledge that everyone suffered.

Of course, Auburn doesn’t have snow equipment as they do in other areas that have snow regularly. Where snow is common they are prepared, and many of those areas don’t have the hills we do.

We have lived in Auburn since 1956, and this has been the worst storm we’ve experienced. We are great-grandparents. Yes, we were uncomfortable, but we are so grateful to all who worked so hard for all of us.

– Sonna and Don Alexander