Power outage in NY city and state.

[Bill Glaze]

Bob:
I can't understand why they had standby generators with no means to fuel
them.  But, did they have any cans with gas for power mowers?  If they
had no intention of leaving their homes, did they try to siphon any gas
from the family car?  Or, if they had 2 cars, from the lesser used auto?

The generator I am considering for my own use will run on natural gas;
while I am sure that stoppages of service have happened, still and all,
I've never experienced an interruption of natural gas service.
Lessons to be learned by all of us, including me.

Bill Glaze

Bob Kane wrote:

>  A lot of people had generators with no gas to run them. There were
> only a few gas stations in operation (in the whole of Detroit and
> surrounding metropolitan area) and the wait times were over three
> hours.
>
> Bill Glaze <billglaze at triad.rr.com> wrote:
>
>      In the same vein, I look at the water towers around here,
>      (Greensboro, NC) and consider just what would happen if we
>      lost power for long.  While there's water in the towers, it
>      sure doesn't get up there by magic.  And, while I've got a
>      well, the pump works on electricity.  I've been thinking
>      about a standby generator to at least power some of the
>      house for essentials.
>      Think about trying to buy gas to get out of town; no
>      electricity to pump it.
>      We've sure become a technological society.
>
>      Bill Glaze
>
>      Bob Kane wrote:
>
>     > We just got our power back, slightly less than 24 hours
>     > after it went out. Our town has its own power plant, but
>     > it did not help. Seems it has been so long since they had
>     > to do a "black" start, the auxillary generators required
>     > to do so would not run. no one had checked them. We had
>     > water, our town also has its own water treatment facility
>     > and storage tower. But, we host a large waste treatment
>     > plant serving a large part of the Detroit Metropolitan
>     > area, and its backup generators also did not function.
>     > Some thunderstorms came through this morning and at
>     > 10:00AM the place was nearly full with no power to process
>     > the waste. So in spite of having water, we were strongly
>     > encouraged not to use it. I'm sure the city council
>     > meeting will be hopping Monday night.
>     >
>     > "Atwood, Mark" <atwoodm at paragon-inc.com> wrote:
>     >
>     >      Forget gas...we need water. I'd love to know why
>     >      our local independant TV station has the
>     >      forethought to have redundant generators, so we
>     >      can all watch summer reruns on our propane
>     >      powered TV's...but our utility company...who by
>     >      the way has the convenience of sitting on the
>     >      largest fresh water supply on the face of the
>     >      planet, doesn't have a generator to pump it
>     >      with. EEEERRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGG!!!
>     >
>     >      Mark...dry in Cleveland.
>     >
>     >
>     >      -----Original Message-----
>     >      From: Del Rykert
>     >      [mailto:drykert at rochester.rr.com]
>     >      Sent: Fri 8/15/2003 1:01 AM
>     >      To: discussion at nsrca.org
>     >      Cc:
>     >      Subject: Re: Power outage in NY city and state.
>     >
>     >      Powers is back on here at 9:30p. Looks like we
>     >      can make Glen after all. Gas was going to be an
>     >      issue.
>     >
>     >      Del K. Rykert
>     >      AMA - 8928
>     >      NSRCA - 473
>     >      Kb2joi - General
>     >
>     >
>     >      ----- Original Message -----
>     >      From: Henderson,Eric To: discussion at nsrca.org
>     >      Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 6:05 PM
>     >      Subject: Power outage in NY city and state.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >      OK - would all of you guys who started charging
>     >      up their mega-jillion watt Li-poly's when Jason
>     >      placed so highly in the worlds, - PLEASE TURN
>     >      THEM OFF - NY NEEDS THE POWER BACK ASAP.......
>     >
>     >      EVL-1
>     >
>     >
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