Back from Miami, and we made it out okay!

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Miraculously, the house didn't suffer further damage from Jeanne! The
patchwork on the roof held and the house did not leak very much at all. To add
to the good news, the electricity was on when we got home! Apparently,
according to one of our neighbors, the electricity was lost but had been
restored six hours later. Talk about luck!

Now, I've got my system all set up again and, hopefully (and I'll bet very
likely at this point) we may not have to worry about any more hurricanes as the
Atlantic basin is starting to cool down as fall makes itself known.

I can now enjoy AC-3 LaserDiscs! - Reinhart

 

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We've only had one hurricane in the past decade (and nothing as bad as FL
experienced) up north in the Tri-State area, but we remember it well. Glad
it worked out better than you had feared. (Especially the electricity. You'd
think by now, we'd have figured out a way not to lose power every time
there's a storm.)


"LASERandDVDfan" <laseranddvdfan@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Miraculously, the house didn't suffer further damage from Jeanne! The
> patchwork on the roof held and the house did not leak very much at all.
To add
> to the good news, the electricity was on when we got home! Apparently,
> according to one of our neighbors, the electricity was lost but had been
> restored six hours later. Talk about luck!
>
> Now, I've got my system all set up again and, hopefully (and I'll bet very
> likely at this point) we may not have to worry about any more hurricanes
as the
> Atlantic basin is starting to cool down as fall makes itself known.
>
> I can now enjoy AC-3 LaserDiscs! - Reinhart

 

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>You'd
>think by now, we'd have figured out a way not to lose power every time
>there's a storm

The only way I can see this happening is if all the power lines were moved
underground. And I do mean all of them. This would take years, and be far more
expensive than anything anyone would want to commit to. Beyond that, you'd
still face serious problems everytime an above-ground power station got
knocked.
Steve Grauman

 

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>The only way I can see this happening is if all the power lines were moved
>underground.

Maybe. But what if it floods?

It's not a problem here as we are well above sea level. But, in many other
places in Florida, there are a lot of places that have experienced severe
flooding for weeks. Any underground lines there would be underwater and power
crews would not be able to do anything at all to restore that part of the grid
until the waters recede. - Reinhart

 

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>Maybe. But what if it floods?

Yea...that'd be a problem. I guess the city engineers think about this stuff.
Steve Grauman

 

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>>Maybe. But what if it floods?
>
>Yea...that'd be a problem. I guess the city engineers think about this stuff.
>Steve Grauman

I think a good compromise would be power lines held up by relatively think
steel-reinforced concrete poles. Designed in such a manner as to give it
excellent center of gravity and shaped to prevent it from being blown down as
easily for areas prone to flooding. For areas not so prone to floods,
underground grids can be used but should not be placed within proximity of a
sewer system or storm drain.

Also, I believe there must be an ordinance dictating the height and location of
trees close to power lines. Most power outages are mainly because a tree
collapses on top of the phase lines, while some are caused by failure of the
poles themselves due to winds and gusts. - Reinhart