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RAAAAAIIIIINNN!!! YES!!!
Topic Started: Jun 29 2012, 01:48 PM (743 Views)
Copper
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Power is back on.

Now I have to replace the ice cream. I ate it all for lunch, it was like ice cream soup.
The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy
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Are you folks keeping cool or roasting in the heat?
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I just noticed that at the time my tree went down last night Dulles Airport measured the wind at 62 knots - that's 71 MPH - 3 MPH below a hurricane.

I can see the Dulles tower out my window, I guess I'm lucky to have any trees.
The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy
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Here is the wood that I chopped up yesterday from the broken pear tree.

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This morning I went out and every stick was gone. Somebody thinks they hit the firewood jackpot.

The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
Maybe they have a wood fired generator. That would make you a mensch.
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Mikhailoh
Jul 1 2012, 08:40 AM
Maybe they have a wood fired generator. That would make you a mensch.
Well, that wood won't fire anything very well for a couple of months at least.
The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it.
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Luke's Dad
Jul 1 2012, 01:17 PM
Mikhailoh
Jul 1 2012, 08:40 AM
Maybe they have a wood fired generator. That would make you a mensch.
Well, that wood won't fire anything very well for a couple of months at least.
joke (joak)
n.
1. Something said or done to evoke laughter or amusement, especially an amusing story with a punch line.
2. A mischievous trick; a prank.
3. An amusing or ludicrous incident or situation.
4. Informal
a. Something not to be taken seriously; a triviality: The accident was no joke.
b. An object of amusement or laughter; a laughingstock: His loud tie was the joke of the office.
v. joked, jok·ing, jokes
v.intr.
1. To tell or play jokes; jest.
2. To speak in fun; be facetious.
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To make fun of; tease.
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Severe thunderstorms on the horizon, should be here within the hour. Batteries are charged.
The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy
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On the plus side, temps are supposed to drop drastically for the first part of the week
The problem with having an open mind is that people keep trying to put things in it.
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Thank goodness. There would have been no sense in coming if the 95+ temperatures continued. Not much fun to walk the Mall in those conditions.
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http://www.weather.com/weather/tenday/20170

Temps in DC usually range 2-3 degrees higher.

According to this, temps dropped 15 degrees in an hour.
Edited by Luke's Dad, Jul 8 2012, 01:03 PM.
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Out of curiosity, what is the reason for the power outages?

Is the power consumption just too high, i.e., the power plants cannot produce enough energy?

Or is it due to storms taking down power lines?

Or something else?
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Storm damage.
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Storm damage of the high-voltage lines or of those that go to individual houses?

For the latter, I have often wondered why a rich country such as the USA does not afford itself the luxury of underground power lines - even in densely populated areas I have often seen above ground power lines.
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Klaus
Jul 8 2012, 01:50 PM
For the latter, I have often wondered why a rich country such as the USA does not afford itself the luxury of underground power lines - even in densely populated areas I have often seen above ground power lines.
I've wondered the same thing. I wondered it a lot last year when we had about 10 days total without power because of a hurricane and ice storm.

I'm guessing that because everything is so spread out it would cost a lot more per person than it does in Europe to put everything underground due to the amount of cable that is required.

On the other hand, the US can be surprisingly old fashioned in some areas - we're still stuck with a septic tank in suburban Massachusetts - I think this may be due to the way that each small town manages it's own budget which creates a lot of local resistance to big projects such as building a sewer. It's bloody ridiculous that we still have septics here, particularly in an area that's susceptible to flooding.
What do you mean "we", have you got a mouse in your pocket?
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Here the utility lines were put underground decades ago.

It wasn't always that way. Here's lower Manhattan c. 1890.

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I know it is going to rain a gullywasher because I used my soaker hoses all weekend to water the front and sides of the house.

Just call me l'il old rainmaker.
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Jul 8 2012, 01:50 PM
Storm damage of the high-voltage lines or of those that go to individual houses?

For the latter, I have often wondered why a rich country such as the USA does not afford itself the luxury of underground power lines - even in densely populated areas I have often seen above ground power lines.

It probably depends when the lines were installed.

I assume most lines installed during the last 30-40 years are underground. Around here all ours are underground.

When we lose power during a storm it is probably because lightning hits a transformer, or just causes a surge that trips a breaker somewhere. It usually comes right back on.

We lost power for a few seconds twice today. I think the storm has mostly passed us now, no big deal.
The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy
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HOLY CARP!!!
I think in the 30 years of my life I remember well enough, I haven't witnessed a single second of power outage.
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Jul 8 2012, 03:02 PM
I think in the 30 years of my life I remember well enough, I haven't witnessed a single second of power outage.


You need more severe thunderstorms.

http://en.allmetsat.com/images/lightning-germany.php
The Confederate soldier was peculiar in that he was ever ready to fight, but never ready to submit to the routine duty and discipline of the camp or the march. The soldiers were determined to be soldiers after their own notions, and do their duty, for the love of it, as they thought best. Carlton McCarthy
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