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From: jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll)
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Subject: Re: (ReacTor) Five SFF Books Featuring Frigid, Icy Worlds
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 22:25:37 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <EgXlO.114557$z2Mf.89504@fx16.iad>,
Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:
>William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> writes:
>>Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>> On 7/17/2024 3:05 PM, William Hyde wrote:
>
>>My local infrastructure is close to the worst in the province.  I lose 
>>power about three times a year, but the nearest main arteries (200 feet 
>>away) never do.
>
>In the 30 years that I lived in San Jose, there were three power
>outages - two due to neighborhood distribution transformer failures, the
>third was due to a Public Safety Power Shutdown (my part of
>San Jose bordered a large county park that burned every four
>or five years (small, easily controlled grassy hillside fires)).
>
>Since I moved to a rural area, outages are much more frequent;
>many due to idiots driving into power poles (one pole was taken
>out twice within six months last year, another driver managed
>to take out three poles by hitting the guy-wire support
>pole on a 90 degree bend in the road);  the others due to
>overly sensitive powerline monitors intended to disconnect
>when something drops on the line (like a tree).   Lost power
>twice last wednesday for three hours each time, 12 hours apart.
>
>Getting quotes for battery backup for the existing solar panels.

We had a long-lasting outage on the farm. Lighting hit the pole 
our transformer was on. I was nearby. Impressive light-and-sound
show. 



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