Subj : Re: Howdy! To : Barry Martin From : Daryl Stout Date : Tue Feb 03 2026 17:47:27 Barry, BM> You made the news up here! We fared much better then portions of Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, and Tennessee. BM> ('Jack knife' or 'jackknife') ...Yes, take a curve a hare too BM> fast, get pushed by a gust of wind, loose traction and there BM> goes that load. Everyone thinks they can stop just as quick on a wet, snowy, or icy pavement, as they can on dry. BM> Good news on not loosing power -- a few hours in the spring or BM> fall not a problem (generally) whereas even an hour (or less) BM> in the middle of a summer heat wave or winter sub-freezing can BM> be deadly. The power company came through, and trimmed a lot of trees that were too close to power lines...including some on my property. BM> With that much damage it does take a much longer time. When I BM> had the derecho a few years back the cause of the power outage BM> here at the house (and neighbourhood) was a tree snapped, BM> breaking the high-voltage transmission line and blowing a BM> sub-station fuse. Normally would have been a few hours without BM> power; because of the thousands of repairs needed to the BM> overall power grid took five days, and 'mine' was placed BM> towards the top of the repair list because of a downed wire BM> (potentially fatal if touched). That's why they say "Always assumed downed wires are ENERGIZED". That's a bit too much power for the bunny, though. BM> The consonants provide fiber? F, B, and R of it, anyway. Daryl .... Bananas make great slippers! === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.32-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - Little Rock, Arkansas (454:1/33) .