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re: A bird has knocked out power to 10,000 Entergy customers
Posted on 3/9/22 at 11:59 am to LSUFanHouston
Posted on 3/9/22 at 11:59 am to LSUFanHouston
Squirrels, snakes, birds, and other animals are a leading cause of power disruptions in the United States.
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Posted on 3/9/22 at 12:04 pm to LSUFanHouston
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Can a bird knock out power to 10K people?
Many years ago when I was working nights at Port Fourchon a bird knocked out power for a lot of the port. It can happen.
Posted on 3/9/22 at 12:17 pm to LSUFanHouston
I was without power for 36 hours one time after having a breaker panel replaced. Entergy turned the power off at 8am sharp for the electricians to do their work.
They were supposed to turn it back on that afternoon when the work was completed. They never showed up. I called them about 5 times and kept getting the runaround. They finally showed up the next afternoon.
All they had to do was come by and flip a switch. And when they did finally come, they sent 2 bucket trucks
They were supposed to turn it back on that afternoon when the work was completed. They never showed up. I called them about 5 times and kept getting the runaround. They finally showed up the next afternoon.
All they had to do was come by and flip a switch. And when they did finally come, they sent 2 bucket trucks
Posted on 3/9/22 at 12:19 pm to LSUFanHouston
This is S&WB type shite.
Posted on 3/9/22 at 12:33 pm to LSUFanHouston
A squirrel, then fried, flipped a relay and knocked out power to half of our neighborhood. IIRC, this happened a few times.
Posted on 3/9/22 at 12:35 pm to LSUFanHouston
Gave up around 10:00 and left the office (only to deal with crappy AT&T internet at home). Last time (August '21) I stuck around in the heat for a couple hours before giving in, and it took a couple days to fix.
3rd world gonna 3rd world.
3rd world gonna 3rd world.
Posted on 3/9/22 at 1:45 pm to LSUFanHouston
My guess is something f-ed up at the LSU tax payer funded solar farm in Washington Parish and they are lying to hide the fact that it was worthless and to hide the fact that all that country land was dedicated to powering NOLA.
Posted on 3/9/22 at 2:00 pm to LSUFanHouston
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She didn't say what kind of bird.
Of course.
Posted on 3/9/22 at 2:01 pm to LSUFanHouston
. Entergy is proposing a system of lasers to stop the birds.
Posted on 3/9/22 at 2:17 pm to LSUFanHouston
Adequate shields and spacing should be in place to prevent wildlife from bridging two live lines (sending overload of voltage through one of the lines), but sometimes unavoidable. Then protective devices operate to safely deenergize and prevent damage to customers. The bird could have bridged from a live line to ground and same scenario is in play...probably a large wingspan bird.
This post was edited on 3/9/22 at 2:25 pm
Posted on 3/9/22 at 2:20 pm to LSUandAU
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Adequate shields and spacing should be in place to prevent wildlife from bridging two live lines (sending overload of voltage through one of the lines) or from bridging from a live line to ground.
That was my thought. I get that wildlife can cause problems but I also thought safeguards were available.
Posted on 3/9/22 at 2:21 pm to LSUFanHouston
There's a Pelicans game in the SKC tonight and the power is still out
Posted on 3/9/22 at 2:29 pm to Fun Bunch
basketball in the dark...i like it
Posted on 3/9/22 at 2:40 pm to papasmurf1269
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Their infrastructure must be in tiptop shape for that to happen
These are the kind of issues with infrastructure we shouldn't be dealing with in the 21st century. How can ONE thing, whether it's a bird, a tree, or drunk driver take out power to SO MANY homes/businesses?
This post was edited on 3/9/22 at 3:10 pm
Posted on 3/9/22 at 3:13 pm to mikelbr
true story written up in industry mags. In the late 1960's and early 1970's a couple times a month a 8-10 cycle power dip would hit the taft UCC site, frequently shutting the site down at great expense. Enormous issue for the site. Usually happened between 2 and 3 in the morning.
An operator working on his side hustle catching lizards for research sale off the road between Des Allamonds and raceland at 230 am. saw the freight train pass and as it did the egrets resting on the 230 kv insulators jumped off and crapped as they did. The wet crap cross the insulators sparked a ground that burned off and cleared in less than a second.
The original line along the railroad track still has the wire bird detergent spikes above the insulators
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