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To: texas booster

All power was off ? I actually haven’t heard reports from any customers that there were widespread power outages.


12 posted on 08/28/2023 6:46:19 AM PDT by erlayman (E )
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To: erlayman

Localized power outages were reported early on.

Trying to find an article about how some water pumps couldn’t be used without any power.

Certainly is true of the big city water pumps, and why they have diesel backup generators that get tested regularly.

At least, they are tested regularly by any competent city administration.


21 posted on 08/28/2023 7:37:04 AM PDT by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: erlayman; Red Badger; SunkenCiv; Liz; Kaslin; BenLurkin

Power down the line (on the single string of poles where the single downed pole fell) would be tripped off immediately when first wire touched the ground. Usually that single power would be connected at both ends making a loop for the circular route around the island perimeter.
At 6:30 in the morning, you’d get a power surge or flicker as various breakers tripped and reset. No long power outage at all - except on the line on the ground.


30 posted on 08/28/2023 9:05:23 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (Method, motive, and opportunity: No morals, shear madness and hatred by those who cheat.)
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To: erlayman

I know someone who was staying in Kaanapali (just north of Lahaina) and she woke up to no power on Tues August 8th, and her hotel had no power for the rest of the week (she left on Sat).


35 posted on 08/28/2023 10:49:02 PM PDT by olivia3boys (t )
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