power outage destroyed appliances

About a week ago a transformer blew in our neighborhood and the power went out for the whole block(8 houses in all). When the power came back on it was pulsing on and off quickly. The power company technicians came out and turned the power off due to smoke coming out of various appliances from others in the neighborhood. The next day when I checked my appliances many didn't work including my dell desk top and a digital converter. At least four of my neighbors have also had appliances that have failed do to the power issue. I contacted the power company. They responded that because the problem was due to circumstances beyond their control they will not be able to compensate me. My question is what recourse I have to be compensated by the power company

brockster said:

My question is what recourse I have to be compensated by the power company

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To be able to prevail, you will have to prove something they did or had control over caused your damages. Any idea what caused the pulsation? The on off situation would not have caused damage. There are only a couple things that would cause damage and unless you can show those things did in fact take place, you will not prevail.