[Rhodes22-list] looks like the power is back

Wally Buck tnrhodey at hotmail.com
Mon Aug 18 11:42:21 EDT 2003 

MJM

No we have a bunch of toothless rednecks in down here!They all tend to look 
alike .....

Wally


>From: "Michael Meltzer" <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] looks like the power is back
>Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 10:32:14 -0400
>
>I seen that toothless redneck :-) do you have one that goes from location 
>to location or each have a exclusive territory :-)
>
>MJM
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve" <rhodes2282 at yahoo.com>
>To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 10:26 AM
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] looks like the power is back
>
>
> > Houses will take the blow better.  Usually, mess up a
> > roof & knock out a few windows but that about it
> > unless it is a really big tonado.  If you open your
> > window when a tonado is coming; tonados will sometime
> > suck all the air out of a house when it flys over; you
> > generally won't get your windows blown out.  Trailers
> > are not tied down to the ground properily.  Even a
> > small tonado will turn most of them over and make a
> > mess that the TV stations deem news worthy.  Plus
> > there is always a toothless redneck that the news
> > people can interview:-)  They really like that.
> > Steve
> >
> >
> > --- Michael Meltzer <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com> wrote:
> > > if ny lost power more offen it would not been a
> > > problem, the last power lost was 1977 in the city.
> > > BTW why do Tonados only strike
> > > trailer parks???? we do not get them up here and
> > > thats the only image you see on the news, evey oonce
> > > and a while it seems a house
> > > gets hit and wonder "Can the build a house that will
> > > not be knocked down"
> > >
> > > MJM
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Steve" <rhodes2282 at yahoo.com>
> > > To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
> > > <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > > Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 9:04 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] looks like the power is
> > > back
> > >
> > >
> > > > Well, on a bright note, Michael.  From what I
> > > heard it
> > > > wasn't so bad.  In Arkansas, every time a Tonado
> > > goes
> > > > by or we have an Ice storm; we lose power.
> > > Sometime
> > > > for a week or so.  Are you sure you wouldn't want
> > > to
> > > > move to the country:-)  When the power goes out,
> > > work
> > > > shuts down and we all get to go hunting!!!!!
> > > > Steve
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- Roger Pihlaja <cen09402 at centurytel.net> wrote:
> > > > > Michael,
> > > > >
> > > > > Sounds like you didn't have a "good week".  I'm
> > > glad
> > > > > you're OK though.
> > > > >
> > > > > The power outage of summer, 2003 looks like it's
> > > > > going to be a classic
> > > > > example of the interconnectedness & inherent
> > > frailty
> > > > > of modern technology.
> > > > > Overload one high voltage transmission line near
> > > > > Cleveland, OH on a hot
> > > > > summer afternoon & generate a cascading
> > > electrical
> > > > > grid failure that cuts
> > > > > power over about 7200 square miles of the United
> > > > > States & Canada affecting
> > > > > about 50 million people!  Lots of folks also
> > > lost
> > > > > their potable water system
> > > > > when the power went down.  Of course, the mass
> > > > > transit systems also shut
> > > > > down.  I will never forget the sight of all
> > > those
> > > > > thousands of people
> > > > > streaming out of Manhattan on foot via the
> > > Brooklyn
> > > > > Bridge & thousands more
> > > > > having to sleep on the sidewalk in Times Square,
> > > &
> > > > > this was from just a
> > > > > minor glitch in one system.  The entire system
> > > is so
> > > > > complex & so
> > > > > interconnected, it's truly amazing; that, events
> > > > > like this don't happen more
> > > > > frequently.  Overall, the engineers have done a
> > > > > wonderful job of making
> > > > > everything work together so efficiently that it
> > > > > becomes invisible.  Most
> > > > > people never give the technological
> > > infrastructure,
> > > > > that is literally their
> > > > > life support system, a moments thought.  I like
> > > the
> > > > > way James Burke put it,
> > > > > "We all live in a technological trap."  Our
> > > > > population is already much too
> > > > > large & too densely packed into major
> > > metropolitan
> > > > > areas to support without
> > > > > all this technology.  So, we have no choice but
> > > to
> > > > > stumble along as best we
> > > > > can.  No doubt, the experts will extensively
> > > study
> > > > > the root causes of this
> > > > > power outage.  Technical, regulatory, &
> > > managerial
> > > > > improvements or
> > > > > safeguards will be implemented as a result.
> > > But,
> > > > > the system is so complex,
> > > > > interconnected, & always changing; that, there
> > > are
> > > > > always going to be many
> > > > > more modes of failure than can be anticipated or
> > > > > protected against, even
> > > > > without a terrorist attack.  Perhaps, we simply
> > > have
> > > > > to accept an occasional
> > > > > glitch as the price we pay for a high standard
> > > of
> > > > > living 99.9+% of the time.
> > > > >
> > > > > Roger Pihlaja
> > > > > S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "Michael Meltzer" <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com>
> > > > > To: <jbconnolly at comcast.net>; "The Rhodes 22
> > > mail
> > > > > list"
> > > > > <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > > > > Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 4:35 PM
> > > > > Subject: Re: [ham] RE: [Rhodes22-list] looks
> > > like
> > > > > the power is back
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > I got big time stuck, 26 floors up and no way
> > > to
> > > > > get home. As I said to
> > > > > the wife "I am spending the nice candle lite
> > > night
> > > > > with the
> > > > > > boss, sweet violet smell in the air(the
> > > candles),
> > > > > sweating, eating
> > > > > somewhat cold leftover from the refigdator(beat
> > > me
> > > > > who's or
> > > > > > what's), the water is out(roof top tank
> > > drained),
> > > > > toltes are hell and
> > > > > worst of all the boss/his  hairy legs are
> > > looking
> > > > > sexy to me
> > > > > > in the some what stipped state we are in.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > MJM
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > From: "Jim Connolly" <jbconnolly at comcast.net>
> > > > > > To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'"
> > > > > <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > > > > > Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 1:39 PM
> > > > > > Subject: [ham] RE: [Rhodes22-list] looks like
> > > the
> > > > > power is back
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Michael,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > How long were you in the dark?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Did you get stuck in NYC?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Jim Connolly
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Saturday, August 16, 2003 12:49 PM,
> > > Michael
> > > > > Meltzer
> > > > > [SMTP:mjm at michaelmeltzer.com] wrote:
> > > > > > > > test
> > > > > > > >
> > > > >
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