[Vision2020] the big storm

[Craine Kit]

Just out of curiosity.

I've been watching the power outage maps since 1:30 this morning when  
our house went dark (see https://www.avistautilities.com/safety/_layouts/avista/transactions/ViewOutages.aspx?map=1 
  and be patient, the map takes forever to load). The map shows  
rectangular areas in patterns which might be the result of  
transformers going down. I also heard a number of booms associated  
with transformers tripping off.

Here's the curious part: A week or so ago, a company claiming to be  
from Avista did some work on the transformer across the street from  
our house. Supposedly, it was to make the power more reliable. I  
wonder if their efforts actually made the power less reliable or if  
their work would never have worked under last night's conditions.

Any thoughts or explanations?

Kit Craine





On Nov 16, 2010, at 3:13 PM, Carl Westberg wrote:

>
> Still, as of 3:08 pm without power at my place.  I live 10 feet from  
> the public library, and their power came back hours ago.  Life isn't  
> fair.  Thought I'd call Avista to see if I could get an estimated  
> time, then remembered my phone wouldn't work, and I am one of the  
> three remaining people in the country without a cell phone, the  
> other two live in Nort Dakota and Louisisana.
>
> From: kjajmix1 at msn.com
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 08:59:27 -0800
> Subject: [Vision2020] the big storm
>
> I hope all of you escaped the wind storm last night with little or  
> no damage.  I've been here not quite nine years, and this was the  
> worst one I've seen -- we may have had stronger winds before, but  
> these lasted for hours.  The thunder, hail, and the sound of  
> cracking branches was terribly comforting, too.  Any report on wind  
> speeds?
>
> Keely
> www.keely-prevailingwinds.com
>
>
>
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