On Thu, 28 Oct 2010 12:55 -0500, "Bob Sullivan" <[email protected]> wrote: > We had extraordinary high wind conditions in the middle of the USA on > Tuesday and Wednesday - 50+ miles per hour winds. > Click on the picture accompanying the article below to see the top of > a power pole that was snapped off. > I've never heard of such before. > > http://downersgrove.patch.com/articles/electrical-pole-back-in-service-will-eventually-be-replaced#c >
On a slightly related note, a eucalypt at the front of our property dropped a huge branch on Saturday night in absolutely calm conditions. It brought down both the wires across the road and the service to our house, but the wires remained unbroken so we didn't lose power. There were two fire brigade vehicles, a police car and two vehicles from the local power company parked outside until about 1:30 am when all was restored. I shudder to think what might have happened had we not been home. The first vehicle that came down the street would have run straight into the downed wires. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
