Visual of "Grid Down"

[papaof2]

www.jecarter.us/files/grid-is-down.jpg

Want to make a guess at the number of meters out or the Expected Restoration Time?

[gipsy]

Lots and a long time

[papaof2]

www.tdworld.com/overhead-transmission/article/20971682/transmission-tower-repairs-require-innovative-methods

Unfortunately, no pictures of the actual events but I think you can read "days" into the description of the repair - on the positive side, they never had to cut the power.

Not the level of damage shown in the previous photo, but a GPS-guided tractor took a leg off a big tower - in one instance the tractor remaining in place supporting that corner of the tower until they could begin the actual repair.

The closing comments included: Tractors on autopilot with operators distracted by electronic devices are unfortunately an ongoing issue.

Maybe fire the distracted drivers or make them pay for the repairs?

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There are also temporary towers - to be used during repair and/or replacement of existing towers:
www.tdworld.com/overhead-transmission/article/20972779/temporary-transmission-towers-to-minimize-interruption-of-power-supply

[papaof2]

Probably more than you ever wanted to know about transmission towers, electricity pylons, hydro towers and pylons:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_tower

[papaof2]

Remember that this is the level of damage described in "Just Another Voicemail".

The quote:

"Meanwhile, the weather sat receiver has gotten enough images to put together a better - but still incomplete - picture of the damage across the states under the storm. So far, I've counted 53 downed or damaged highline towers. Sometimes only one - but those seem to be melted. Sometimes a group of three to five with somewhat less damage - perhaps the storm was consuming power from a larger surface area of wire and thus the peak amperage was not as high?"

Multiply that image by 53 (or more) and you'd get some idea of the amount of work and the time needed to repair that damage.