<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>After never appearing on Avista's outages page, a short story turned up in the Daily news-- a tree fell across some lines, leaving 3,600 homes without power for an hour.</span></div><div></div><div> </div><div>Ron Force
<br>Moscow Idaho USA</div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="2" face="Arial"> On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 1:08 AM, Saundra Lund <v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; margin-top: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"> <div class="y_msg_container">It occurs to me that it's appropriate to publicly offer kudos to Avista, no<br>matter how belated . . . and I'm not just talking about the recent outage.<br><br>As some know, I moved here from California 2+ decades ago. Power outages<br>there were frequent & lengthy. Since I'd lived there for so much of my<br>life, I
thought that was normal.<br><br>Since moving here, each time there's an outage -- as there was Saturday<br>night -- I never cease to be amazed at how infrequent outages are and how<br>brief they are. My dh is likely beyond weary of me recounting those old<br>experiences there with the infrequent brief outages here. Yeah, I "get"<br>that power outages are inconvenient for most of us, and more than<br>inconvenient for some with medical issues.<br><br>And, perhaps for those who haven't lived where power outages are frequent &<br>lengthy, you won't understand my gratitude, but grateful that I live in<br>community where outages are nearly always resolved quickly -- I am!<br><br>Thanks, Avista!<br><br>As an extra little kudo, I'll also mention that I've been impressed with how<br>quickly burned out street lights are replaced on the few occasions I've had<br>to report the same.<br><br>Thanks, Avista!<br><br><br>Saundra Lund<br>Moscow,
ID<br><br>I know of no achievement through vivisection, no scientific discovery that<br>could not have been obtained without such barbarism and cruelty.<br>~ Charles W. Mayo, MD<br><br><br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a ymailto="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" onclick="window.open('https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&tf=1&to=vision2020-bounces@moscow.com&cc=&bcc=&su=&body=','_blank');return false;">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a> [mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" href="mailto:vision2020-bounces@moscow.com" onclick="window.open('https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&tf=1&to=vision2020-bounces@moscow.com&cc=&bcc=&su=&body=','_blank');return false;">vision2020-bounces@moscow.com</a>]<br>On Behalf Of Saundra Lund<br>Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2014 10:43 PM<br>To: Vision 2020<br>Subject: [Vision2020] Power Outage
Cause?<br><br><br>Does anyone know what's caused the power outage?<br><br>Saundra<br><br><br>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet, serving the<br>communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br> <a href="http://www.fsr.net/" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a><br> mailto:<a ymailto="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" onclick="window.open('https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&tf=1&to=Vision2020@moscow.com&cc=&bcc=&su=&body=','_blank');return false;">Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>=======================================================<br><br><br><br>=======================================================<br> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>
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