Re: Re: Land Hurricane

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Thanks. I'm hoping the power stays on, too. Not only has it been really hot, but I'm also a little sick. I think the room had something to do with it, that or the meal from a restaurant.

Even so several days after the storm, millions of people are still without power. Here's a link to a map of power outages in the region. It is "live" so it changes over time and eventually will be clear. For purposes of my post, it is perishable data. http://outagemap.dom.com/DomComFlexOuta ... index.htmlBurying power lines will be very expensive but it seems like a good idea, particularly if storms are indeed becoming more severe. This could be done at least in the most urbanized areas leaving the big transmission lines out, just with a lot of clearance, and clearing rural lines as much as possible. Over time that would reduce outages and losses while allowing resources to be focused more in outlying areas where it is too expensive to bury the lines. It also makes one wonder about the wisdom of setting up all those green energy farms in the Southwest and having thousands of miles of high tech power lines running to the Northeast. Lots of mileage for breakage and, since the plans I have seen for the lines require high end refrigeration systems to cool the superconductive lines, that simply adds even more potential faults to the system. What happens if the coolant system breaks down in one area? I mean what would that do to the flow of electricity along the rest of the line? Someone really hasn't thought this plan out, well, aside from a way to bilk government out of trillions of dollars setting the thing up, then the cost overruns etc.

Glad you're okay and I hope the power stays on for you.

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Thought provoking....rl'My cat Rusty is a servant of the Living God....'adapted from a poem by SmartSubject: Re: Re: Land HurricaneTo: FAMSecretSociety Received: Monday, July 2, 2012, 12:41 PM

Thanks. I'm hoping the power stays on, too. Not only has it been really hot, but I'm also a little sick. I think the room had something to do with it, that or the meal from a restaurant.

Even so several days after the storm, millions of people are still without power. Here's a link to a map of power outages in the region. It is "live" so it changes over time and eventually will be clear. For purposes of my post, it is perishable data. http://outagemap.dom.com/DomComFlexOuta ... index.htmlBurying power lines will be very expensive but it seems like a good idea, particularly if storms are indeed becoming more severe. This could be done at least in the most urbanized areas leaving the big transmission lines out, just with a lot of clearance, and clearing rural lines as much as possible. Over time that would reduce outages and losses while allowing resources to be focused more in outlying areas where it is too expensive to bury the lines. It also makes one wonder about the wisdom of setting up all those green energy farms in the Southwest and having thousands of miles of high tech power lines running to the Northeast. Lots of mileage for breakage and, since the plans I have seen for the lines require high end refrigeration systems to cool the superconductive lines, that simply adds even more potential faults to the system. What happens if the coolant system breaks down in one area? I mean what would that do to the flow of electricity along the rest of the line? Someone really hasn't thought this plan out, well, aside from a way to bilk government out of trillions of dollars setting the thing up, then the cost overruns etc.