Blackout 2003 [was Re: OT-Kinda, more TwilightZone.................)

[Avery Todd]

Hey Rob,

I assume since you're posting that you didn't get flooded out? Right?

Avery

At 08:57 PM 08/19/03 -0700, you wrote:
>Doesn't work that way, this is not technically possible.  If the man
>actually said this he is either a grotesque liar and/or doesn't work for a
>utility.  The only remote possibility, (which still doesn't really fit the
>scenario), is if the neutral line specifically had failed in which case some
>lesser demanding items such as a radio or light bulb would use the ground
>against the hot allowing them to partially work at reduced voltage.  Even in
>this circumstance however this would be specifically localized to the
>residents directly connected to an isolated specific transformer.  This
>wouldn't work in a city or state wide failure.  Bottom line: urban legend.
>
>Rob Goodale, RPT
>Las Vegas, NV
>
>
> > I got a ride hitchiking with an
> > employee of the utility company ( and a member of our
> > church ) who asserted that the blackout occured in a
> > triangle so precisely defined that some people had 2
> > lamps on the same circuit ( but on opposite sides of a
> > room ,) and that one blacked out, while the other
> > remained glowing.
> >      And he intimated that he had been told not to
> > reveal this, to avoid causing panic.
> >      ( Dedededeh-Dedededeh..............)
> >      Thump
>
>
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