Re: Thanks, Morons!

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From: Merlin Dorfman
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:41

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In ca.general Scott en Aztln <scottenaztlan@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Merlin Dorfman <dorfman@green.rahul.net> said in la.general:

>>     I don't know where you live, but there seems to be plenty of
>>power available to meet demand:
>>http://www.caiso.com/outlook/SystemStatus.html

> I suppose it could have been some kind of local overload, but it was a
> pretty interesting coincidence that it happened during the period of
> peak temperature (and thus electrical demand)...

     Indeed--ambient temperature plus high load are not good for 
electrical equipment, especially old and poorly-maintained 
equipment.  My neighborhood lost power at 5:30 last night and is
still out.  (I went to work real early this morning...)

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From: Merlin Dorfman <dorfman@green.rahul.net>
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Subject: Re: Thanks, Morons!
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