how many storms does it take till they start burying lines underground?
Posted on 10/07/2016 4:06:24 AM PDT by nuconvert
As Hurricane Matthew continued its march along the Florida coast, hundreds of thousands in Florida were without power.
According to the Florida Power and Light, more than 307,250 customers were without power early Friday morning.
In total, 451,930 FPL customers in Florida have lost power at some point Thursday into Friday.
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If that’s the worst of it then they should all be glad that it wasn’t as severe as it had been predicted.
It’s interesting to listen to the newscasts. The bigger the storm, the better for their ratings, so they keep talking about the wind velocity near the eye but downplay the wind that people are actually experiencing on land.
Not that this is not a big deal. It is. And we have yet to find out how strong the storm surge will be, but It looks like the coast may have dodged a bullet based on where it’s been and where it is projected to go.
how many storms does it take till they start burying lines underground?
Matthew is a fizzle in Jax. Max wind predicted now is 44 MPH this afternoon.
DAGNABBIT! At least we could have had a little more storm to make our window covering drill more worthwhile! DW and I got drenched yesterday putting up our window coverings. It was good exercise, though!
OTOH, like the umbrella you don’t have when it storms, if we had not put them up, I’d be in a blackout condition with 100 MPH winds howling, no power and wondering if it will ever end, and if our windows/roof survive!
“Count your blessings” Irving Berlin said in his famous 1954 song.
So, DW and I are grateful that Matthew fizzled! Even though we got far more exercise yesterday in the rain than our 75 year old bodies wanted or needed! LOL!
Hurricane Hunter reporting 945MB, not the sub 920 that was predicted. Daytona current winds @ 46mph.
Our lines are all buried underground but we still had extended power outages for about three weeks following Ike. Local substation sustained a lot of damage.
I just heard that high tide in Daytona is at noon and with the storm surge they’re expecting very high water
that’ll do it...
Ice storm in SE PA 2 winters ago
Millions without power
My folks are in an area with underground power lines, but everything around them is above ground, so when that power goes out, so does theirs
Too expensive to replace existing lines.
Lots of places going underground with new utilities and slowly moving other infrastructure - huge cost to just methodically move it and whatever money that may have been designated to help it has long since been squandered by the politicians, so costs would be passed on to consumers via rate hikes.
Yup, looks like the pressure didn’t drop as much as they thought. Yesterday it looked to be in free fall. Very good news.
Not very practical in places like Florida and South Louisiana, where the water table is 6-12” below ground surface. And actually, not that much of a problem if the rights of way are KEPT CLEAR OF TREES.
I grew up in a “so small as to be virtually nonexistent” town in S. Louisiana. Electric power by a small REA. They were death on trees along the rights of way, and we rarely lost power....even in hurricanes, and then not for very long.
Ike? You must be in TX
DW and I are both glad to be safe!
I have no idea how West Palm fared yesterday, but it should be OK by the 15th.
I might be available on the 15th. What did you have in mind hiring me to do for you?
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