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Post by papaof2 on Apr 11, 2024 5:16:27 GMT -6
Our power co-op has 134 meters out - some of them now more than 8 hours stale.
The other power co-op in the county has 497 meters out, many with an 8AM or later ERT.
Georgia Power has 21,437 meters out, with the 8330 meters in metro Atlanta listed as "Assessing Condition", as are the 3913 meters just south of Athens, the 1414 meters near Columbus, the 1600 meters near Millen, the 821 meters in the area of Ohoopee and Surrency. However, the 495 meters between Valdosta and Hahira have an ERT of 8:30AM. I'd question that last one, as the storm is still going strong in that area...
We have winds "15 to 25mph, gusting to 35mph" until 8PM today so I expect some of the repairs to be slow and I also expect the number of meters out to grow as long as the wind keeps gusting...
Not a good day yesterday or a good night for the power companies.
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Post by papaof2 on Apr 11, 2024 20:56:44 GMT -6
Our power co-op still has 148 meters out - after you expand the the map and determine how many outages and how many meters because the web page math would embarrass a third grader.
The other power co-op in the county still has about 495 meters out from 3:22PM today - they're now guessing 11:30PM. Might be good if they get it fixed tonight as there is an elementary school in the middle of that outage.
Georgia Power's 21,000 meters from earlier today are down to 2100 so they've made good progress but there are still a lot of meters out.
I can tell that today's winds - gusting to 35MPH (forecast wind speed; maybe higher from the noise it's made going across the top of the chimney) - were bad because the front yard and the back drive looks like someone did a lot of tree work and never cleaned up after themselves :-( Haven't seen that much tree debris in a long time. No, I will not be out trying to clear that. The yard guy should be here in a week or two and my body is saying "You can wait."
I'm aware of ONE flicker of a light and an associated UPS BEEP! about an hour ago. Very little effect on our power when there have been - and still are - so many outages around us.
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Post by papaof2 on Apr 12, 2024 17:15:56 GMT -6
Today's "Wind gusting to 40MPH until 8PM" is definitely happening.
Our power co-op had 178 meters out the last time I looked. The other power co-op in the county had about 50. Georgia Power had 21,400 meters out which is about the same level as yesterday. Not a good day for the power companies...
Both the trash and the recycle bins were blown over and the gas grill's cover was blown off - in spite of the Velcro fasteners that make the cover "wasp-waisted" where it's below the shelves on each end of the grill. We have had worse wind - once the grill was turned 90 degrees (cable to a heavy eye bolt in the PT landscape timber that runs along the back of the paver "patio" I built just to have grilling space) and then the grill was dumped on its face.
The Polish sausage I might have grilled tonight will likely be heated in the microwave oven because I'm not sure the grill burners can stay lit in that much wind and the better half will probably want to eat earlier than 8:30 (forecast end of wind gusts at 8PM + time for grill to get a quick clean and then heat enough to grill the sausage).
There are the brief periods when even the wind chimes on the screened porch go silent for a short while and I'm looking out to see if the leaves on the trees are still moving because the silence of the wind chimes might indicate they've been blown off their hook in the ceiling of the screened porch.
"The Silence of the Lambs" was a movie title. Could "the silence of the wind chimes" be a PAW story title? Think about it: tornado, hurricane, pressure wave from a nuke, something else? Not likely to be from me at I hit the Rx med bottle for a tablet and a half 2 hours ago and I'm now debating whether I should add another tablet of Rx pain med or a milliliter or two of CBD oil - maybe the new bottle that is THC free and is "Blood Orange" flavor? If I take enough of the mainstream CBD oil (absolute dosage and time period of "enough" yet to be determined), it shows up un the semi-monthly drug screen the doctor does when you're on a high level of narcotic pain meds. When I spoke to the PA last week, he wasn't particularly concerned about the THC in the report because most of the time I include the CBD use in the weekly log - "most of the time" means when I'm not hurting so much that writing it down is "too much trouble". I'm not the only patient to be using CBD from the same vendor (Lazarus Naturals) so I'm not the only one to have THC show up in the tests.
On the brighter side, I added almost 800 words to another "Jack Wilson" story that's been hanging fire for a LONG time. At the rate it's progressing, I don't expect to have anything ready for prime time for a year or possibly longer - unlike James Patterson, I don't have someone I can pass the idea and a few nuggets to and have them do the grunt work. The working title is "Not a War - This Time?" and it needs a lot of late 20th century history interaction to put Jack where he'll be when he's most needed. Maybe by 2030?
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Post by techsar on Apr 12, 2024 20:04:06 GMT -6
Still have around 3100 customers without power...but I have to wonder if they are counting those that no longer have homes due to the EF2 tornado Wednesday.
Look forward to seeing more of Jack's adventures!
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Post by papaof2 on Apr 12, 2024 20:44:46 GMT -6
I know that our power co-op had a large number of "meters out" for several days where an EF2 had touched down a year or so back.
I wouldn't be surprised if someone from outside had asked the CEO "Hey, Sam. When you gonna admit that those crushed trailers will not be coming back and stop posting those missing meters as 'meters out'?"
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Post by papaof2 on Apr 21, 2024 11:18:23 GMT -6
It's been raining off and on - mostly on - since 11PM yesterday. Best guess on the day's total rainfall is about an inch. The thermometer on the screened porch is showing 49F with maybe a high of 60F in the afternoon and an overnight low of 42. Three days ago, the high was 85F and the low was 58F. I think the weather is trying to make up for giving some days in March with May temperatures...
The rain has been hard enough at times to be heard inside through argon-filled double-pane windows. I'm not hearing rain on the roof - there's a floor above where I'm sitting.
If April showers really do bring May flowers, I'll need a bush hog to trim the roses :-(
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Post by gipsy on Apr 21, 2024 11:29:29 GMT -6
LOL
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