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AtheistCrusader

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25. There would still be things to fix, but to a degree, yes.

Reply to snooper2 (Reply #23)

Tue Oct 31, 2017, 02:47 PM

Oct 2017

For instance, underground vaults would still flood, and transformers would still pop, and sometimes new lines would need to be run through the piping. Above ground substations could still be trashed by debris..

Lots to do, but less of it, and in concentrated focal points that make a total refit faster, enabling the entire grid in days, rather than spending months stringing new lines.

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There Was So Much Wind Power In Germany This Weekend, Consumers Got Free Energy IronLionZion Oct 2017 #10

Gee, I wish someone would acknowledge that and pay our electric bill here in the Rheinland DFW Oct 2017 #12

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hope all my Maine Buds are ok Cryptoad Oct 2017 #3

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Godspede Cryptoad Oct 2017 #7

A freind of ours just moved from Salinas, CA to southern Maine this week DFW Oct 2017 #13

SURPRISE! elleng Oct 2017 #18

...and still the republicans continued to lie about climate change Achilleaze Oct 2017 #5

1.3 million HOUSEHOLDS without power in area far larger than Puerto Rico. Hortensis Oct 2017 #6

This can be largely solved by putitng distribution lines underground. AtheistCrusader Oct 2017 #8

Amen. Delphinus Oct 2017 #11

+ a gillion Cryptoad Oct 2017 #14

They have this same discussion after every big storm IronLionZion Oct 2017 #17

They probably do it so the lineman keep their job security snooper2 Oct 2017 #23

There would still be things to fix, but to a degree, yes. AtheistCrusader Oct 2017 #25

I know a couple of guys in Montana who can fix this. JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2017 #15

stay safe there . AllaN01Bear Oct 2017 #16

Unfortunately the physics just wasn't there. AtheistCrusader Oct 2017 #22

We just watched the local NH news and there was a video of a house going down a Vinca Oct 2017 #19

Video here: muriel_volestrangler Oct 2017 #24

500,000 lost power in Maine jpak Oct 2017 #20

Still no power in my little corner of coastal Maine. GreenPartyVoter Oct 2017 #26

y do i learn more about my country from a newspaper in the uk than i do AllaN01Bear Nov 2017 #27