Re: I get occasional power outages. Normally blamed on trees as well. But
By: August Abolins to Charles Pierson on Tue Nov 17 2020 09:25 pm
> Hi Charles!
> 16 Nov 20 15:45, you wrote to me:
> CP> The bad part it we have well water, not city water, so power outages
> CP> also knock out the well pumps.
> Lack of access to the usual water source can be a major problem for many, ev
> in my area where many homes feature their own wells.
> But, I have a stash of the small bottled kind and keep a few large jugs of
> water around. It's a relief to have some spare water even just for flushing
> Yesterday I could get my water in town at the shop where the town water is
> gravity-fed from a nearby lake to a water tower.
> CP> In 2008, Hurricane Ike knocked out the power around Houston for a while.
> CP> My parents were lucky, only a few hours. Where I live now was
> CP> a few days. I lived about 1.5 miles from where I do now, and was
> CP> without power or water for 2 weeks.
> The winds yesterday could have practically been called a hurricane. But gues
> anything under 100mph is just a "Storm With No Name".
near 100mph is still bad if not built for it. Most of the east coast USA,
Canada, Mexico and down pretty far into South America build at least to CAT1. A
lot to CAT2 or CAT3.
xxcarol
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