[Vo]:36,000 people without power in Georgia just now

2014-04-30 Thread Jed Rothwell
Things are a mess! No power at office yesterday morning, and the telephone equipment was hit by lightning and is not functional. Many traffic lights are off, so commuting is slow. See: http://outagemap.georgiapower.com/external/default.html

Re: [Vo]:36,000 people without power in Georgia just now

2014-04-30 Thread ChemE Stewart
Right now, I think we are worse off than the dinosaurs, at least they knew how to scavenge. If we lose power for an extended period of time due to a natural disaster we are hosed. On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 9:32 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Things are a mess! No power at office

Re: [Vo]:36,000 people without power in Georgia just now

2014-04-30 Thread Jed Rothwell
ChemE Stewart cheme...@gmail.com wrote: Right now, I think we are worse off than the dinosaurs, at least they knew how to scavenge. If we lose power for an extended period of time due to a natural disaster we are hosed. Winston Churchill described that in his 1932 essay, Fifty Years Hence. I

Re: [Vo]:36,000 people without power in Georgia just now

2014-04-30 Thread Terry Blanton
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Winston Churchill described that in his 1932 essay, Fifty Years Hence. I can dig up the quote here once the power comes back. Careful quoting WC: