[nw_arizona_granny]

Speaking of fire, KAAA radio, Kingman, Az is reporting:

Fire near power lines and communication equipment at Spirit Mountain, near Laughlin and Bullhead City.

Unknown cause...

BLM Firefighters.

It should be Chaparral and Juniper trees, desert brush fires are hard to fight, as each little clump of grass acts as a fire starter and it spreads fast, being so dry, one spark and it is off.

I fought one on my mountain place, almost didn't win.

Mama thank you for your list, that is a help.

[Velveeta]

Power outage causes plant shutdowns (Louisville, KY)

02:26 PM EDT on Monday, May 3, 2004



A power interruption shut down an assembly line at the Ford assembly plant on Fern Valley Road just before noon today. Also Building One at GE was in the dark due to an outage. It happened around 11:20 a.m. this morning.


LG&E is calling it a power interruption. It happened around 11:20 Monday morning. The duration was only a second or so but it caused widespread problems with computer systems and assembly lines.


There were reports of several plants having problems including UPS, GE and Ford.


We’re still getting sketchy information in. Inside the Ford plant at Fern Valley Road, the entire plant, including the production line, when down 11:45 this morning. Power came back up around 12:15.


LG&E says a switching problem at the Mill Creek generating plant caused the problem.


Across the river in Indiana, Synergy Power is reporting that lights went dim in some residential areas of Jeffersonville, Clarksville, New Albany and as far away as Georgetown.


No injuries have been reported as a result of this outage. Metro police say their emergency systems are working fine.

http://www.whas11.com/topstories/stories/WHAS11_TOP_poweroutage.1872f42b8.html

[MamaDearest]

You're welcome Granny. The fire season has begun and its MUCH TOO EARLY.