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.. we've had a lot of power outages. After 6 to 9 inches of heavy wet snow it closed the roads and brought down a lot of trees. Even though the roads are clear and dry most schools are still closed due to lack of power. Just walking around our neighborhood I noticed a lot of downed branches = we have some in the back yard. We were lucky - we didn't lose power or internet.
I think we really need to look at our infrastructure. Sometimes doing the simple stuff like clearing out trees that might fall onto power/cable lines would save *a lot* of time and money in the long run.
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I think we really need to look at our infrastructure. Sometimes doing the simple stuff like clearing out trees that might fall onto power/cable lines would save *a lot* of time and money in the long run.
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When a lot of places have bridges that are literally falling apart and in danger of collapse for lack of maintenance, I doubt there's money in most budgets for tree clearing...
That said, skimping on preventative maintenance gets very expensive later.
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And usually fix it badly.
Not to mention all the *food* that will be wasted because the fridge doesn't work with electricity. Yeah, yeah... let's push the cost down on the people who'll suffer without electricity because stockholders need another bonus.
I'm a little peeved at the situation. There are dozens of local schools closed because they have no power and thousands of households without power. This *sucks* and at least some of it could have been prevented.
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Agreed. the ideal solution would be to not only fix the power line, but put in solar panels on the roofs that would take them, and use the grid to load balance and distribute power to local households. That way, if there's an outage, you have localised power generation.
Won't happen of course... sharing power?! Letting ordinary people generate power! Why that would make them durn commies!
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