#298 Remembering Snow Storm Albert and CL&P poor response

Albert - The snow storm from hell, and the idiots who were out driving around in it at its height. Took out my power for 9 days. It really drives home for me how fragile the power grid is and how we MUST all unplug from The Matrix. If I didn't hound CL&P I think our street would STILL be without power. In the end we were calling CL&P (Connecticut Light & Power) Candle Light & Propane. Crews were great. Executive management not so much.

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[TheNavitas]

That must have been some awesome pizza to drive all that way, despite the weather. And I thought that you didn't have power? Your garage in the end was lit up, was it not?

[ZeroFossilFuel]

@TheNavitas Generator.

[Rawbush]

was the pizza still warm when you got home....lol

[ZeroFossilFuel]

@Rawbush No but the genny ran the toaster oven just fine.

[MegaMaxemus]

Don't get much snow there do ya. Looks like an average day in Pennsylvania winter. Seems the trees don't like to be frozen before winter really hits.

[ZeroFossilFuel]

@MegaMaxemus Oh we get plenty of snow. Last season we had as much as 50" on the ground an one time. It's just that the spring and summer were so wet this year that the leaves stayed on the trees longer than usual. They held all the heavy snow that would have normally just dropped through to the ground until many of them broke.

[mrbunnylamakins]

Like a Boss!

[rapttor94]

wow... that's nuts in all my years of living In MA I don't think I've ever seen that many trees down... in only 6 inches of snow...that's crazy... great video narration...

[jtdiver]

@ZeroFossilFuel thanks for posting and yes I had a similar experience that night albeit a bit later as seen at v=j2ua9Fq1PWQ. One question though... what city in CT is this from? My guess would be up north by Simsbury.

[the1observant]

Yep, that was Nucking Futs. The last time I drove in winter weather with trees falling and risking my life for fast food like an idiot, my wife was pregnant, had a craving, and wouldn't shutup about it. I was saved by a snack food machine at a car wash which had the same items I was looking for... S&V chips, cheese doodles, and resee's PB cups. It's strange what a woman can make you do.

[the1observant]

@ZeroFossilFuel - You mean you really asked? LOL

[Thequestman]

Zero,

That was funny!!! LMAO !! Coming from Alaska, I can relate :-)

Let winter begin!

[ramsessilent]

freaking great lol it storm too my power of for a week and brought 1/2 of a tree down on my garage. so i free your pain.

[frubbers02]

"gots to be a woman at the wheel of this jeep!!" LOVE IT!!

[vipond50]

So do you carry your saw with you now ????

Hmmm.... Maybe you should ???



[ZeroFossilFuel]

@joewilder Look up Howard Johnson Spintronics.

[joewilder]

Zero, hope you get this.  There's a very interesting video that hypothesizes electromagnetism is misunderstood. He is attempting to show where straight wires are more efficient than coils. Search for Magnetic Geometry is a Circular Vector Field

[eckhartt9]

Wow, reminded me of the ice storm we had back in 1998... Felt like a bomb went off everywhere I was looking.... Bridges were closed for two days because of the huges chunk of ice that were falling on the road from their structure and... 31 days without electricity....

[ZeroFossilFuel]

@rthefish We asked. Can you believe they wouldn't deliver during the storm? Geesh! LOL!

[ZeroFossilFuel]

@dodgemcl Hell yes. I learned this skill with the Tacoma in 4WD driving up muddy abandoned ski slopes to get to remote radio transmitter sites and such. Takes some practice.

[rthefish]

Don't they deliver....?

[scottsawesomeart]

we here in northern Indiana get that every year , so i know how it is z ...

been following your progress on the wesleys Kapanadze device ant wait to see it working

[nws7verizonnet]

I heard that it was bad up north there during the storm.It didn't get that bad along the shore line were I live.I had power.I didn't have power when Iren hit.I am from Michigan,so I am familure with this type of weather.The power companies in Michigan have there own tree trimming crews and hire privet ones to maintain the lines during the summer.The first thing I noticed when I moved to Conneticut was all the groath and underbrush around power lines.Lack of maitiance is was the cause of blackout

[vincy12345]

Way ta go Z man.... i have never seen or experienced anything like that.

I live in South Australia we almost never get even a dusting of snow, so this was very interesting,Thanks so much for the insight.

[dodgemcl]

way to steer with the throttle Z

you've done this before haven't you ;p