[lbo-talk] ....as for the storm

[shag carpet bomb]

power lines underground when I lived in Florida were fine to avoid wind 
damage. but with most storms of this sort, the real problem is flooding. 
Flooded underground powerlines aren't much use. there were people without 
power for  6 weeks because of flooded lines. (that was during the infamous 
year, 2004, where there were four hurricanes that crisscrossed the state.)

At 04:50 PM 10/28/2012, Wojtek S wrote:
>Eleutherios: "There will prolonged power outages"
>
>[WS:] It should not be worse than the derecho we got on June 29, no?
>We were four days without power and a few houses around got crushed by
>falling trees.  They rebuilt just in time for Sandy ;)
>
>As I see, the main problem is not the bad weather, but
>under-investment in infrastructure (i.e. private ownership of service
>delivery aka capitalism) - most of our power lines are above ground
>and thus susceptible to falling trees.
>
>In any case, they cancelled train service for tomorrow so I am staying
>home.  Thus far, the Metro will be running.
>
>
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>Wojtek
>
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