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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Gypsy Jan
Told us that many people were very upset and trying to buy extra food, water and gas, but the registers/gas pumps weren't working and so, nobody knew
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I suppose it will take more than this to prompt some people to think ahead and be prepared.
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Cisco
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I was able to witness a fine example of Mexican ingenuity in action during the blackout in Pacific Beach.
Don't remember the name of the taco shop on the corner of Everts and Garnet but it was the ONLY game in town. Everything was shut down and no-one in
P.B. is able to make their own food anymore, everybody goes out, always, and the starving college group was in town also.
At the taco shop, where they cook on gas, the cook had pulled his idling pick-up to the open back door, lights on bright to illuminate the little
kitchen area and had a line of clients running all the way to Fanuel St.
Power came back on in P.B. at one in the morning.
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woody with a view
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we keep 25 gallons of fresh water in the garage. we filled coolers and other items to use to flush the toilet in case it turned out to be days long.
the propane fridge and lantern were pulled out before it got too dark to see. a good trial run for 2012. 3 bbq tanks, etc.... i made sure the hardware
was loaded, also!
where can i get a small solar powered radio? those crank style suck!
[Edited on 9-10-2011 by woody with a view]
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Gypsy Jan
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Hi, Cisco
Chique Nada.
Mexican ingenuity.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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BajaGringo
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Kaito Voyager Solar/Dynamo Emergency Radio
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estebanis
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Lucky...
We are lucky that blackout didn't go further! The voltage was very unstable well beyond the blacked out area for some time. All I have to fix is one
alarm point that failed to come in on a monitoring unit. All of my other systems that I have worked on over that past many years worked great and
saved us from the blackout spreading.
I have a screenshot of the San Diego system with all the flows showing zero and Substation switches open. Glad to hear in the news that Govenor
Moonbeam is going to look into fixing the reliability of the states e-grid. Pete Wilson started it Gray Davis failed to make a decision. And the 33%
green power requirement surely doesn't help as that stuff is an unreliable source.
Did anybody notice that SDG&E relies on Nuke power? Palo Verde out of Arizona and San Onofre to the north. They tried to beef up their system and
ran into the usual NIMBY issues.
The infrastructure is aging fast and the load is growing even faster...
One good thing. What I do (Automation of the Grid) is going to be in high demand when I retire and come back 6 months a year as a "double dipper"!
Esteban
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
All caused by just one guy's mistake at a facility in Arizona?
Carumba!...the 'what if's' are alarming...and real. |
.... and the media did everything but give some
future terrorist directions how to repaet this act!
Bob Durrell
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durrelllrobert
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Was anyone crossing the border into the US during the blackout? Just wondering what the affect of the blackout was at those places.
Bob Durrell
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AmoPescar
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THE GREAT 2011 BLACKOUT -
Whether you live in the greater San Diego area or somewhere else...This event should be a wake up call to us to BE PREPARED!
We didn't have to go through a scorching fire, destructive earthquake, devasatating floods, destroyer hurricane or shattering tornado to be put on
notice of our need to ready for the next big emergency. While millions of SD residents were inconvenienced by this event, there was very little
physical or collateral damage. Most of the damage we'll see will be economic.
SO...let's ALL use this as a call to be ready for the next major event that will happen. It's not a matter of 'IF' it will happen, we all know it WILL
happen.
As the Boy Scout motto says... "Be Prepared" Start your preparatiions TODAY!
Miguelamo  YES YES YES
Nomad Amigos...Here\'s hoping you all have safe Baja travels, amazing sunrises, sunny days, comforting breezes, beautiful sunsets, tasty tacos,
cold cervezas and frosty margaritas!!
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Bajaboy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by AmoPescar
THE GREAT 2011 BLACKOUT -
Whether you live in the greater San Diego area or somewhere else...This event should be a wake up call to us to BE PREPARED!
We didn't have to go through a scorching fire, destructive earthquake, devasatating floods, destroyer hurricane or shattering tornado to be put on
notice of our need to ready for the next big emergency. While millions of SD residents were inconvenienced by this event, there was very little
physical or collateral damage. Most of the damage we'll see will be economic.
SO...let's ALL use this as a call to be ready for the next major event that will happen. It's not a matter of 'IF' it will happen, we all know it WILL
happen.
As the Boy Scout motto says... "Be Prepared" Start your preparatiions TODAY!
Miguelamo YES YES YES |
2 million gallon sewage spill into San Diego bay and area beaches is pretty serious to me.
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Cisco
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"Was anyone crossing the border into the US during the blackout? Just wondering what the affect of the blackout was at those places. Bob Durrell".
Sorry folk's I don't know how to post directly to a post I wish to answer. Need some enlightenment here.
But, to answer Bob's inquiry it worked "just like the dime novel said". A friend of mine was able to get her Aunt, Uncle and an older brother across.
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AmoPescar
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SURE...that's serious, but it WILL dissipate in a few days! They happen all the time and there's little damage compared to a town being mowed down by
a tornado or whatever. Just saying...BE PREPARED!
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajaboy
| Quote: | Originally posted by AmoPescar
THE GREAT 2011 BLACKOUT -
Whether you live in the greater San Diego area or somewhere else...This event should be a wake up call to us to BE PREPARED!
We didn't have to go through a scorching fire, destructive earthquake, devasatating floods, destroyer hurricane or shattering tornado to be put on
notice of our need to ready for the next big emergency. While millions of SD residents were inconvenienced by this event, there was very little
physical or collateral damage. Most of the damage we'll see will be economic.
SO...let's ALL use this as a call to be ready for the next major event that will happen. It's not a matter of 'IF' it will happen, we all know it WILL
happen.
As the Boy Scout motto says... "Be Prepared" Start your preparatiions TODAY!
Miguelamo YES YES YES |
2 million gallon sewage spill into San Diego bay and area beaches is pretty serious to me. |
Nomad Amigos...Here\'s hoping you all have safe Baja travels, amazing sunrises, sunny days, comforting breezes, beautiful sunsets, tasty tacos,
cold cervezas and frosty margaritas!!
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