Re: Off Topic: U.S.A Blackouts (was Re: Web Browser for IIgs)

["Mark Cummings" <NOTfigjams@primus.com.au>]

I wonder whether the weather and type of power lines has anything to do with
it. I live in a tropical region of Australia, and most of the power lines in
the older areas are above ground. Annual storms & cyclones are often the
cause of power outages in the older areas (including mine) where lines are
above ground and often get taken out by falling trees or lightning strikes.
Last year after a cyclone we lost power in our suburb for 3.5 days where
newer areas lost power for maybe an hour or not at all.

Mark


Sheldon Simms wrote in message
<20010321.102912.1597322404.21544@ip148.interprice.vi>...
>Im Artikel <3AB82A72.4E0F06BB@interbulletin.com> schrieb "Auntie Spam"
><donotreply@interbulletin.bogus>:
>
>> Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com> wrote in article
>>>> Be aware that there is some sort of DNS problem occurring at the
>>>> moment, so you have have to try to access it a little later.
>>>
>>>Is it possible that the rolling blackouts in California have something
>>>to do with it?
>
>Speaking of which... I've lived most of my life in Atlanta, Georgia,
>U.S.A. and, although we never had California-style blackouts, power
>outages were fairly regular occurances when there was a storm, or
>if there was too much wind, or a car ran into a telephone pole, etc.
>etc. That was just part of life and people expected that the power
>would go out 3 or 4 times per year, at the least, due to one thing
>or another out of the control of the utility company.
>
>Well I've lived 2 years now in Germany and there has never been a
>power outage. None. I really feel like the US has a lot to learn
>about management of power distribution systems. The California situation
>especially is really pathetic. Let's be clear, the situation there has
>nothing to do with deregulation. The electricity market is more
>deregulated in Germany that it is in California, but there are, like
>I said, no power outages here.
>
>-Sheldon