radish Wrote: 
> Not everywhere is having power problems - I'm just outside NYC and
> although Queens is pretty much an electricity-free zone right now we've
> been solid for as long as I can remember. Some power companies are
> better than others it seems :)

OT: Actually I was referring to recent storms.

Even though I've always been with the same power company, I've lived in
many regions of the province of Ontario over the last 10 years and
performance is dramatically different depending where you live:

Ottawa: extremely reliable, can go for years without failure

Sarnia: despite frequent storms, very reliable.  I suppose it's due to
the chemical plants in town who all need reliable electricity.

North Bay: extended power failure every time there's a storm.  Power
failures for unexplained reasons as well.

Espanola (northern Ontario near Sudbury): power failure every time
there's a storm, but not many storms.

London: power failure every time there's a storm, and since London is
Canada's lightning capital, that's 2-3 times a week in the summer. 
However the power failures are brief, 1-2 seconds.  Makes it hard to
maintain impressive uptime on a server though:

Uptime 8:18 

:-P


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