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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 08:33 PM Original message |
61 Power outages in San Diego! Wires melting and causing blackouts |
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Skip Intro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 08:37 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wires melting from the heat??? |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 08:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. That's what SDG&E is saying, according to the CBS affiliate in SD |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 08:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Probably melting from the record current draw |
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bperci108 (969 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 08:45 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. The wires don't melt from the heat in the air outside.... |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 08:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Thanks. The news program wasn't clear on this point |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 08:50 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. True, but |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 08:54 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Mosty, the power companies are PR conscious about "rolling blackouts" |
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Catshrink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 08:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. Aren't most of the wires copper? |
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AGiordino (304 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 08:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. Nope they're probably aluminum weight savings over greater |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 08:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. But there is higher current going through, thus higher resistance. |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 02:31 AM Response to Reply #16 |
58. Not higher resistance, |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
5. Damn NY and CA, now how much more of this bushit? |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 08:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. How are things in Tierrasanta? I have friends there. nt |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 08:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Hot as hell, but I haven't heard about power outages in that area |
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tlsmith1963 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. I'm in Santee |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 09:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
24. So it was a short outage. That's good |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 09:09 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. Thanks. I think my friends are far enough south not to have been |
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maveric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 01:58 PM Response to Reply #11 |
73. I'm in La Mesa now. Its 97 at 11:56 AM. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 08:45 PM Response to Original message |
7. i was bitching about 112 here in Sac, after reading about woodland |
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gulfcoastliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:12 PM Response to Reply #7 |
48. Hey chimpsrsmarter, UC Davis grad here |
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HooptieWagon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
13. Could also be expanding |
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Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
15. Wires don't melt in 118 degrees, the rubber insulation might but |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
17. 105 and Humid here in Los Angeles |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 09:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I was in LA this morning. Came down to SD on the 5 |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
50. What part of town are you in that it's ONLY 105?????????? |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:52 PM Response to Reply #50 |
55. Mid-Wilshire |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 11:20 AM Response to Reply #55 |
66. I have been in LA for 23 years and have never HEARD of temps like |
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Joe Bacon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 11:43 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. But John Stossel says there's NO SUCH THING as global warming |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 11:12 AM Response to Reply #17 |
65. higher water temps cause higher humidity too |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. 20,000 in N.western Queens have been without power for 6 days. |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 09:07 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I saw that on the news. Is this privatization or global warming? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 09:42 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. They are saying that Con Edison hasn't been able to explain why |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 09:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. They don't have ANY explanation? |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 10:01 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. More bizarre! People are accepting this! |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 09:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. They also apparantly |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 10:02 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Now supposedly underground damage to network. Cause unknown. |
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leesa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #30 |
76. It's also affecting some people in half their house or business |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 09:11 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. That's starting to scare me. |
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Marie26 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 09:48 PM Response to Reply #23 |
31. Big power outage in St. Louis, as well. |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 10:00 PM Response to Reply #31 |
34. Damn! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 10:18 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. I posted a seperate thread, getting no response. |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 10:23 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I'm looking, seems like St Louis is a result of |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 10:26 PM Response to Reply #40 |
41. That's also what I read. Thanks for the link! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 10:02 PM Response to Reply #31 |
38. WTF? |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:05 PM Response to Reply #18 |
46. Chalk it up to another miracle of the invisible hand |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 09:18 PM Response to Original message |
25. With the midwest, France, Germany, the west coast... |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 09:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. What I'm even more nervous about is hurricane season |
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NNadir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 09:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. You are wise to worry. |
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tsuki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 10:36 PM Response to Reply #26 |
43. Last month, Gulf waters were already higher than they have been |
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Cybergata (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
32. Too Much Demand |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
33. maybe they are playing with that dang HARRP thing again... did you know |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 10:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. What? (I don't understand your post at all) |
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sam sarrha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 06:38 AM Response to Reply #35 |
60. google: HARRP .. then GOOGLE: scalar weapons links |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 10:28 PM Response to Original message |
42. Meanwhile back at the pig farm..erm.. ranch... pResident " I couldn't |
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redacted (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
44. It was 107 here in Santa Rosa, 115 half hour north. Multiple outages |
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kineneb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:15 PM Response to Reply #44 |
49. similar in Lake Co. |
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schrodingers_cat (448 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #44 |
75. 98 at my house, barely 1/2 mile up a hill from the San Francisco Bay |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 02:28 PM Response to Reply #44 |
78. I've been wondering about the grapes... |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
45. Better get used to it folks. The future is here. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:08 PM Response to Reply #45 |
47. The future sucks in more ways than one. |
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puffthemagicdragon (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
51. Its hotter than ever here in seattle too 95 degrees |
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fooj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:24 PM Response to Original message |
52. It hit 90 here in La Selva Beach today. Warm for these parts... |
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dougkeenan (74 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
53. Why oh |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:54 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. ! |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 06:49 AM Response to Reply #53 |
62. Welcome to DU. |
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newyawker99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 09:49 AM Response to Reply #53 |
63. Hi dougkeenan!! |
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Scoot420fla (284 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:27 PM Response to Original message |
54. No, There's no Global Warming |
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dweller (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-22-06 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
57. the ghost of Kennyboy Lay gives Aunt Millie another wet-kiss. . . n/t |
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babylonsister (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 02:36 AM Response to Original message |
59. They're not melting in TX-yet. And it's flipping hot here. |
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DanCa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 06:40 AM Response to Original message |
61. what what about the frozen embryos? |
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MurrayDelph (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 10:17 AM Response to Original message |
64. Could also be because of the tourism influx |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #64 |
71. Ah. Comic Con could explain the overuse of electricity that might lead to |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
67. 108 Saturday in Kensington. I feel sorry for people who bought houses here |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 01:45 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. and don't forget fire season |
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cascadiance (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
69. Trader Joes had half of its refrigerated shelves emptied yesterday... |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 01:49 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. Wow. A real financial loss there. Privatized energy SUCKS! |
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tinrobot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 02:01 PM Response to Original message |
74. I was on a long bike ride in San Diego yesterday |
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Nikki Stone 1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 02:06 PM Response to Reply #74 |
77. That's really interesting. They were telling people to stay inside |
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