Unnecessary outage

I live in Genesee, where there are NO overhead power lines within at least 5 miles. WHY did we even have to deal with this unnecessary power outage? And the outage, at this point, has far exceeded the duration of the high wind event--why does it take Xcel DAYS to restore power? This is completely unacceptable. What happens when they pull the same stunt when it's 10 below?