Miscellaneous Heathen : Post-Ike. Pre-Bell.

Comment on Post-Ike. Pre-Bell. by your attorney

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:46:24 -0500

14+ days here, never lost satelite, and phone was on day afer storm. Internet goes up and down now but almost back to norm. The answer is to bury lines. Note your nat gas was not affected by the storm.

Comment on Post-Ike. Pre-Bell. by Chet

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:08:39 -0500

I read something about the pros and cons of burying lines after the storm. It's great for wind protection, but once flooding starts happening you're much more fucked with buried lines, and it takes much more effort to locate and fix problems. Also, it's WAY more expensive, which I certainly don't want to pay for.

Comment on Post-Ike. Pre-Bell. by your attorney

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:59:54 -0500

common practice in Netherlands who know a thing or two about floods. By the way we wil be footing the 5 Billion dollar repair bill next summer. Believe the buried solution is 20 Billion. My dad buried all of his line going into the deer pArk refinery when he built the cogen site with Calpine. refineries commonly use three different grids. They were out of power for three days until water receded fixed all switching in 4 days. Of course theyhave a few dollars riding on the juice.