I'll be back
soon, very soon...
we've been gone and when we came back we did not have electricity until just now....silly St. Louis powerlines that fall in a 50mph wind.
we've been gone and when we came back we did not have electricity until just now....silly St. Louis powerlines that fall in a 50mph wind.
posted by Bobby's blog at 11:01 PM
8 Comments:
Weak.
The tornado siren went off three times the other night. Straight line winds were 80mph. Several tornados went through here. I lost power twice, but it came right back on.
'Course I'm not used to this. Tornados are a fairly rare thing in West Virginia and Maryland.
will tell you that it was windy in WV last night but not as bad
Tim
I am from the land of tornadoes and it is so wierd to me to have lived 2 miles or less from where F3's have touched down and not lost electricity, then move here to lose electricity when the wind blows hard.
Dear Bobby's blog?
Did you have as many trees in Oklahoma? It is usually not the case that powerlines simply fall down in the wind. They are rounded and narrow and sway in the wind just fine. What happens is that trees fall over onto them and they snap.
Growing up in West Virginia, we lost power every time it thundered in the distance, or so it seems. There is far more forest in WV than there are clear paths for power lines, and so a small branch could take out power for a couple hundred homes.
There aren't quite as many trees, but a lot of OK's powerlines are underground so that makes a huge difference. I think the bigger difference is that Oklahoma probably has newer infrastructure than St. Louis.
And St. Louis' big power company gets their emergency crews from Illinois, plus I'm sure that them being teamsters may play a small part in taking longer to repair problems.
Oh you guys BURY your powerlines? You must be rich. Only rich people do that.
Yeah, but seriously, one of the biggest problems with the Northeast and Midwest is that the infrastructure is so old. It was built to last forever, and it has. It's out of date now, but nobody wants to mess with it.
Oh yeah... and power line workers would be part of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, which thou shalt not criticize (please) because my father is retired from IBEW Local #596. :)
Actually, Dad was the President of said local for several years. But he did industrial electrician work, not power line stuff.
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