A lot of us dumb crackers down here have underground utilities. We larn't that
from the occasional ice storm way back when. Haven't had one in years, though,
since all the weird weather seems slowly and steadily moving northwards,
including the tornadoes, which we don't miss a bit. Maybe y'all Yankee folks
might want to take a look at how we do it down here instead of y'all constantly
trying to tell us how y'all do it up there. Yeee-haw! :-)
Walt
--
"Anything more than 500 yards from
the car just isn't photogenic." --
Edward Weston
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: ScottGee1 <scottgee1@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> After a particularly nasty storm a number of years ago, Detroit Edison
> decided to deal with the tree problem by sending out crews to cut back
> any trees that might hit/fall on power lines. The good news is that
> we have fewer power outages caused by trees but we also have a LOT of
> 'Y' shaped trees throughout the area.
>
> See, I *knew it was a good idea to get out of Williamsville -- back in '65.
> ;o)
>
> ScottGee1
>
> On 10/18/06, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Not crazy during a storm such as this. Most of the power outages will
> > be very local since they will be due to some snow weighted tree down the
> > street taking out the line feeding your block or maybe just you and
> > three neighbors.
> >
> > Imagine, if you will, a huge tree with 1,000 randomly broken limbs
> > varying from 12" in diameter to 1/16". If you're attached to a branch
> > that's unbroken except for a big break close to the trunk that may be
> > one of the first things to get fixed and you'll be happy. But it will
> > take a long time not only to fix all the breaks but even to identify
> > where they all are.
> >
> > Chuck Norcutt
> >
> > Ali Shah wrote:
> >
> > > Chuck,
> > >
> > > Parts of East Amherst still dont have power. I dont
> > > know how the grids work but its very odd. Even places
> > > close to the City such as Kenmore do not have power. I
> > > spoke to someone in the village of Williamsville and
> > > they dont have power.
> > >
> > > Crazy!
>
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