Pat wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@z72g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:
>> Well, Ike has passed, and our area[SNIP]
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>> Another note - this really emphasizes the efficiency of buried power
>> etc. lines - older neighborhoods with pole-mounted untility lines, adn
>> lower construction standards, are really taking a hit, between
>> continuing ppower-
>> outages and structural damge, even in areas that were not near the eye. >
> This is the result about 100 yrds down the street from my house:
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> The telephone pole you see, it's the bottom sticking up in the air.
> The top, with transformers, is laying down on the ground away from you
> in the picture. The pole immediately to the right is also down.
Holy cow!!
Yeah, this storm was so dang huge taht it maintained its strength all the way up the continent. It workd for us, in that it was too big to be able to spin much faster, but that meant it also lost energy much more slowly :(
I hope your place wasn't damaged.
Hey, I noticed that your area is going to do a wind power study. I'm interested in renewables, let me know how it turns out.