Storm (12/12/2008)

[dalebert]

I took a little video as I was driving East on 101. It looked like something from a Stephen King novel. I'll post it eventually.

[J’raxis 270145]

Where I am in Manchester has power (Pine St. near the cemetery). We had some flickering last night but it never went out.

Mark Warden in the North End is without power.

Yeah, we had flickering also. There's got to be a better way of getting electricity to folk than over powerlines. It seems like such old technology.

An inventor named Tesla had a way of distributing energy to customers through the atmosphere. He got put out of business by the industrial interests behind the "wired" electrical distribution scheme when they realized there was no way to meter such distribution to customers.

A better solution to all of this is to get off the grid altogether.

[Puke]

Yeah, we had flickering also. There's got to be a better way of getting electricity to folk than over powerlines. It seems like such old technology.

Lucky for us that gov't keeps competition in electricity down to "None".

[Pat K]

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Route 103 hollis

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Rindge NH

Unless you are absolutely certain how deep it is, driving through either running or standing water is a huge no-no - it could be 6 ft deep.

[Porcupine_in_MA]

Where I am in Manchester has power (Pine St. near the cemetery). We had some flickering last night but it never went out.

Mark Warden in the North End is without power.

Yeah, we had flickering also. There's got to be a better way of getting electricity to folk than over powerlines. It seems like such old technology.

An inventor named Tesla had a way of distributing energy to customers through the atmosphere. He got put out of business by the industrial interests behind the "wired" electrical distribution scheme when they realized there was no way to meter such distribution to customers.

A better solution to all of this is to get off the grid altogether.

How about a free market so there wouldn't be a "grid" most likely anyway.

[doobie]

Where I am in Manchester has power (Pine St. near the cemetery). We had some flickering last night but it never went out.

Mark Warden in the North End is without power.

Yeah, we had flickering also. There's got to be a better way of getting electricity to folk than over powerlines. It seems like such old technology.

An inventor named Tesla had a way of distributing energy to customers through the atmosphere. He got put out of business by the industrial interests behind the "wired" electrical distribution scheme when they realized there was no way to meter such distribution to customers.

A better solution to all of this is to get off the grid altogether.

It is also horribly inefficient to distribute energy that way.  It would likely need 10-100 times as much energy generated than now.  Not to mention any possible negative effects of electrifying anything.  That being said, I think it would be awesome to have a static powered engine like in Atlas Shrugged.

[KBCraig]

There's got to be a better way of getting electricity to folk than over powerlines.

Stringing overhead lines is fast and cheap, but it's false economy. Look at how much utilities spend on maintaining lines and rights-of-way, not to mention cleaning up from storms!

Underground lines wherever possible, and ground-level conduits where solid rock prevents trenching, are definitely preferable. It's hard to break traditional mindsets when you're dealing with government-franchised monopolies, though.

But like you said, get rid of the monopolies, there wouldn't be a "grid" system anyway.

[Porcupine_in_MA]

There's got to be a better way of getting electricity to folk than over powerlines.

Stringing overhead lines is fast and cheap, but it's false economy. Look at how much utilities spend on maintaining lines and rights-of-way, not to mention cleaning up from storms!

Underground lines wherever possible, and ground-level conduits where solid rock prevents trenching, are definitely preferable. It's hard to break traditional mindsets when you're dealing with government-franchised monopolies, though.

But like you said, get rid of the monopolies, there wouldn't be a "grid" system anyway.

Yeah I was just talking with a friend in Londonderry and they have all their powerlines underground and didn't even have a blink. We had that in my neighborhood growing up and I can remember one time we had a black out.

[FTL_Ian]

There's got to be a better way of getting electricity to folk than over powerlines.

Stringing overhead lines is fast and cheap, but it's false economy. Look at how much utilities spend on maintaining lines and rights-of-way, not to mention cleaning up from storms!

Underground lines wherever possible, and ground-level conduits where solid rock prevents trenching, are definitely preferable. It's hard to break traditional mindsets when you're dealing with government-franchised monopolies, though.

But like you said, get rid of the monopolies, there wouldn't be a "grid" system anyway.

Yeah I was just talking with a friend in Londonderry and they have all their powerlines underground and didn't even have a blink. We had that in my neighborhood growing up and I can remember one time we had a black out.

Having two power companies competing would go a long way toward innovation like that.

[Pat K]

I notice there is no posting from the Grafton folk.

I guess there are power failures up there?

I hope every one is o-k any one who has
updates please post.

[Tom Sawyer]

Beautiful moon shining through fast moving clouds on the ice covered trees.

[Porcupine_in_MA]

Having two power companies competing would go a long way toward innovation like that.

Yeah. Speaking of which when I went to listen to the show you guys weren't coming on. Did you have a show tonight or did you lack power?

[Pat McCotter]

Where I am in Manchester has power (Pine St. near the cemetery). We had some flickering last night but it never went out.

Mark Warden in the North End is without power.

Yeah, we had flickering also. There's got to be a better way of getting electricity to folk than over powerlines. It seems like such old technology.

Power Where You Need It

Because technology is constantly changing, one of the greatest tools to the do-it-yourselfer is the extension cord. Now you can put anything in any room you want - even outside. Every once in a while, though, a long cord across the floor can be more dangerous than helpful. Sure you could just put a carpet or tape over the cord, but why bother? Let technology solve its own problems. Grab some Wireless Extension Cords, and leave the wires where they belong - somewhere else!

Just plug the Wireless Extension Cord (WEC) base unit into a standard wall outlet, and plug whatever you need into the satellite unit. The WEC uses microwaves in the 7.2GHz range, so it won't interfere with wireless networks, Bluetooth components, etc. Now, all you need to do is adjust the antennae on the two units so they are aimed at each other. Turn everything on and you have the power! The distance the WEC units can broadcast differs from situation to situation (due to interference of such things as walls, power lines, and microwave ovens), but we've beamed power over 300 feet! The future is wireless - and the WEC's are your ticket to the future.

Warning: Even though these microwaves are about as harmful as the leakage from an ordinary microwave oven (not much), do not put computers, televisions, other sensitive electrical equipment, food, liquids, paper, glass, flammable substances, magnets, or living things in between the base and satellite units. Just in case.

[Lloyd Danforth]

I notice there is no posting from the Grafton folk.

I guess there are power failures up there?

I hope every one is o-k any one who has
updates please post.

I understand that the power was out yesterday over most of the town. The power went off for a short time early Friday morning here at the compound, but, was on all day.
We Had a Pot Luck here last night and had about a dozen folks.