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Mon - June 7, 2004 at 09:51 PM inAnother happy customer of Baghdad Power & Electric
As I write this, we are in the midst of Blackout #6 today at Frozen North headquarters. It isn't much of an exaggeration to say that the power has been off more than it has been on. It doesn't help that the weather was record-hot.
A quick walk down the street reveals the reason for the frequent blackouts: the trees haven't been trimmed away from the power lines in several years. In several places, you can't even tell where the power line is anymore, having been lost among the foliage. A windy day (which it certainly was today) can easily knock the trees around enough to cause some damage. No doubt that tree trimming was one of those things which Xcel Energy cut back on when they nearly went bankrupt a few years ago. They (and we) are paying the price now. All I can say is: thank goodness for laptop computers. Typing by candlelight may not be my favorite mode, but it does work. Posted at 09:51 PM | Permalink | | | |
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