Just turned to Fox to hear that NYC was considering shutting down power??? Stay tuned for a whiny Mayor Mike press conference coming up.
They want the looting to start early?
At the weather station in Duck, NC: the LOWEST sustained wind speed report - not talking about gusts here - was 40 kts (46 mph) in the past 4 hours.
Shutting down power in NYC? What-ever for? I can’t imagine anything so stupid! Perhaps they just are hoping for some looting and rioting?
BTW..Obama now at FEMA headquarters...going to make the oceans recede or something....lol.
“Just turned to Fox to hear that NYC was considering shutting down power???”
That’s a big mistake. They did that down here (PR) for Jeannie a few years ago and when they turned the power back on the whole system crashed - for two weeks. They should leave the power on - that’s wht they have fuses and circuit breakers and what not. Plus Bloomie’s little people need to stay tuned as long as possible. Why put them into misery earlier than necessary.
For this same storm we left the power on and in my area power was back after only 4 hours. Most of the island had electricity within 24 hours, and almost a week later, there are only isolated pockets without power.
I was watching CNN (I’ll repent later) and they said the reason ConEd gave was that it’ll reduce the damage from salt water. Most of the power cables are underground. They said that if there is power going through them and the salt water shorts them out, it’s worse than if the cables get soaked with NO power going through them.
I’m not sure if that explanation makes sense, but it’s what they said.