Re: (ReacTor) Five SFF Books Featuring Frigid, Icy Worlds

In article <EgXlO.114557$z2Mf.89504@fx16.iad>,
Scott Lurndal <slp53@pacbell.net> wrote:

William Hyde <wthyde1953@gmail.com> writes:

Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 7/17/2024 3:05 PM, William Hyde wrote:

>

My local infrastructure is close to the worst in the province.  I lose
power about three times a year, but the nearest main arteries (200 feet
away) never do.

>
In the 30 years that I lived in San Jose, there were three power
outages - two due to neighborhood distribution transformer failures, the
third was due to a Public Safety Power Shutdown (my part of
San Jose bordered a large county park that burned every four
or five years (small, easily controlled grassy hillside fires)).
>
Since I moved to a rural area, outages are much more frequent;
many due to idiots driving into power poles (one pole was taken
out twice within six months last year, another driver managed
to take out three poles by hitting the guy-wire support
pole on a 90 degree bend in the road);  the others due to
overly sensitive powerline monitors intended to disconnect
when something drops on the line (like a tree).   Lost power
twice last wednesday for three hours each time, 12 hours apart.
>
Getting quotes for battery backup for the existing solar panels.

We had a long-lasting outage on the farm. Lighting hit the pole
our transformer was on. I was nearby. Impressive light-and-sound
show.



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