Um...... ah thinks thu implucashun was thet it wuz
flyin' sorcerers, or sumpin'.
Thump
--- Avery Todd <avery@ev1.net> wrote:
> 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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