So how much snow did anyone get with this latest storm? As of 7:00 AM we only have a couple inches here in Brewer. Big totals in Mass and NH I am hearing.
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So how much snow did anyone get with this latest storm? As of 7:00 AM we only have a couple inches here in Brewer. Big totals in Mass and NH I am hearing.
We didn't get much here but I hear Tat had some issues getting home from work.
http://www.guzer.com/pictures/snow_hill_flip.jpg
we just got our power back...was off for a few hours but not much snow...only a few inches
I got 12 inches here in Waterboro and no power for 9 hours - Love my Generator!!!
5-7 inches when I was up at 4:30 or so . . . but by 9 or 10 it had compacted into 3-4 inches.
Sheesh! Snow? Did it snow? (My brother, in an urban town in Massachusetts, has been without power for 3 days now. LOL!!!!!)
I've got 8 inches.
Every time one of these storms hit I wonder why the power lines are not under ground?
Mother nature obviously doesn't want them up on poles so far above the ground. She pulls them down with wind and snow.
Along a straight road when a fool decides to crash, do they just drive off the road? No. They hit a pole and snap it in half.
Seems the electric rate would be a lot lower if the power companies didn't have to spend most of their time cutting branches away from the lines. Where are the environmental wackos on this?
Or are the environmental wackos up set that with out the power lines the stupid birds wouldn't have anywhere to sit and watch us? Of coarse with more trees they could build more nests.
It just seems there would be a lot less trouble putting the power lines underground. We still have water even in floods. Storms seem to have no effect on them.
Because it's cheaper to build them above ground. Also 25% of electricity cost is spent to "run" peak power plants on standby just so you can go flush the toiled during commercials.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ekidokai
What he said...Quote:
Originally Posted by cano
Plus it's much less costly to maintain overhead wiring. If a wire becomes damaged on an overhead line it is no trouble to figure out where and repair it. Underground not so much. Not just the electric on those poles either. Phone and cable are up there too. I do agree that underground would prevent a lot of outages, but it just not feasible especially here in the northeast.
Every time I use the bathroom the meter really spins. Maybe I shouldn't have the 60" inch TV and the 2500 watt microwave in there....Quote:
Originally Posted by cano
You don't turn the light on and don't flush? I don't wanna see your bathroom then. And for everybody else, when you do your bathroom break, check the fridge or what ever during commercials you sure are not alone, it all adds up to a level when a new power plant has to be turned on for this brief period of time to satisfy the demand to prevent blackout.Quote:
Originally Posted by brdad
Slam dunk. All the questions have been answered with out a doubt. Since NPR is always wrong then it would be the best thing to bury the power lines.Quote:
Originally Posted by TeamHorwich
Been doing some checking along other lines when I was trying to find out why those loops in the lines started showing up and found out, just like global warming, the ten to one cost ratio is a myth. Taking into account for the huge reduction in labor, materials, and maintenance the costs for burying the lines works out to about a nine year plan to pay it off and start saving a big percentage a year.
That of coarse was before taking into account for the advancements in technology. This summer I watched crews bury some kind of water pipe out this way. They didn't dig, they pushed and pulled this line the whole way. Didn't have to dig up drive ways or anything like that. It was amazing how fast it went.
So all we need to do is get the lobbyists out of the way and get the politicians to do the right thing.
Bury the lines and make the birds go find other roosts.
Tell me how you would bury this:
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...2GkCIvuYAiInTm
I'm assuming Ekidokai is focusing more on distribution lines and not really transmission lines and substations.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sabby
Put it in the catbox, let the kitties do the rest.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sabby
Forget those nasty copper lines entirely: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_energy_transfer
(Just kidding, of course. But, in a few years, who knows?)
In few years you will have this in your garage floor and under your parking spot to charge your car wirelessly, so you don't need to be bothered with connecting your car to charger manually every time. Also you will charge your cellphone, camera or what ever this way, just leave it all in your bag, put the bag on charging mat on your table and everything in will recharge. Your mouse will charge from mouse pad, so you won't have to care about changing batteries again.Quote:
Originally Posted by tat
And people everywhere with pacemakers will be dropping like flies...Quote:
Originally Posted by cano
It will not have any effect on living organisms or another devices. Receiving device will have to be specially made the way to be able to receive this energy.Quote:
Originally Posted by masterson of the universe
Isn't that what they said about cellphones too, and look at the contraversy about them yet.Quote:
It will not have any effect on living organisms or another devices.
Soylent green are people!
The weight of scientific evidence has not linked cell phones with any health problems, so don't worry you have better chance to die using your car, or just from doing nothing and being fat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sabby
I have to agree.
I am fat and I am dieing. I smoke a pipe and cigars and I am dieing. I use a cell phone and I am dieing. I bite my nails and I am dieing. I just farted and that adds to global warming which is killing us all.
The doctors say if I don't stop all this I'll only have about 40 years left!
Wow hate to say this because it has been such a problem for so many, many thousands in Connecticut, went 9 or ten days without power because of this last storm. The weather has been good ever since to boot. How much worse would it be if the wind rain and snow was still going after the one day storm? The news had several crashes disrupting traffic and power to thousands locally.
Underground no problem.
Look at the transmission cost on your electricity bill, now multiply it by 5 or 10, is that what you want to pay for underground cables? It's much cheaper to have a backup generator in your basement.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ekidokai
By who's standards? The under ground cable is a bit more expensive now. However when a couple of companies start making it in bulk and fighting each other to sell a lot of it the price will drop drastically.Quote:
Originally Posted by cano
Burying the lines will be costly to start. No more tree cutting and constantly maintaining equipment exposed to the weather will be a huge savings in a few years.
Labor costs will drop by half as soon as the lines and transformers are installed.
Since hardly any insurance companies get charged for replacing the poles in crashes those costs will drop off to nothing. The cost of poles is crazy. Replacing them is crazy. And just think about all the pole digging and think about all the support wires and cherry pickers and special equipment needed to work on this stuff.
Burying the lines, done right means a huge cost savings in a short time. The people in Connecticut would not have lost the power let along for a week and a half. Roads wont have to be closed off for hours every time a car crashes. Look at all the lives put at risk because that truck caught the over head lines. I just read a 20 million dollar pay out because a man came into contact with a high power line in his driveway that the power company and fire department had left there thinking it was dead.
The false claims of cost increases are ridiculous. The life issues are irrefutable. All that stands in the way are the wacko's.
Right, wouldn't want to let science get in the way...did you even read or listen to the link I posted or because it came from NPR you just dismissed it outright? Hmmm, let me see if I can find something from the Drudge Report for you...Quote:
Originally Posted by Ekidokai
Don't confuse me with the facts! :) ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by TeamHorwich
So, enough about the power lines. Who still has any snow left in their yard?
Oh, I listened to it and what I heard was them making the global warming type cry then back tracking a little and finally ending up with the blame on the politicians.Quote:
Originally Posted by TeamHorwich