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re: Interesting graphic on number of power poles damaged by Ida compared with other hurricanes
Posted on 9/15/21 at 5:57 pm to jimbeam
Posted on 9/15/21 at 5:57 pm to jimbeam
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It’s fine man. We got FEMA generators
Unfortunately, FEMA is not paying for gas.
I filled up 2 5 gallon containers and 2 2 gallon containers for fifty bucks over the weekend. Gas was going for 3.29 a gallon at a name brand gas station in Houma while at Sams in Houma it was still 2.71 a gallon. They did have power so, they cannot use well we are running on a generator to pad the prices. BTW Sams was still on Generator power. I went to Mississippi on Sunday it was still 2.68 a gallon there. Should I call the AG’s office for price gouging.
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Posted on 9/15/21 at 5:59 pm to NorthEndZone
Ban poles.
Posted on 9/15/21 at 6:00 pm to NorthEndZone
I saw this on FB a few days ago. The first thing I wondered was whether this was just Entergy or all power companies affected. If just Entergy, that alone would make up the difference.
Posted on 9/15/21 at 6:12 pm to High C
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You gonna bring us some fresh memes or what, my baw?
Posted on 9/15/21 at 6:17 pm to NorthEndZone
Underground utilities FTW
Posted on 9/15/21 at 6:18 pm to NorthEndZone
Link?
I would like to use that in some research.
I would like to use that in some research.
Posted on 9/15/21 at 6:23 pm to NorthEndZone
All those strip clubs
Posted on 9/15/21 at 6:28 pm to ibldprplgld
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instead of making the infrastructure improvement to bury the lines
Not feasible at all. Not for distribution lines. Wires run on the poles are not insulated. That is by design. If cables are put in the ground they would have to increase the size of the cables and drop the voltage that they are carrying on them. Which then would increase the power needed to generate enough power. And that’s not including the shitload of new transformers that would need to be installed. One other thing. Finding a fault in a buried cable is challenging to pinpoint while you can see where the problem is with above ground lines. Like I said. It is really not feasible to even contemplate doing this. Outage times would triple if not more when the power goes out. I have spent plenty of hours inside manholes making splices on new cables that had to be replaced
Posted on 9/15/21 at 6:29 pm to NorthEndZone
I do assessment for Cox and I see a lot of poles got replaced for no reason. I guess they don’t want to get sued and the fed money is too good to pass up.
Posted on 9/15/21 at 6:31 pm to NorthEndZone
Is this just Entergy Louisiana? I’m surprised Hurricane Katrina took out more than Hurricane Laura. Katrina was a bad wind event only in the SE part of the state. Laura split the state in half like it was Stephanie Abrams. Maybe improvements made after Hurricane Rita played a role in that.
Posted on 9/15/21 at 6:31 pm to Miketheseventh
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I have spent plenty of hours inside manholes
Posted on 9/15/21 at 6:35 pm to Floating Change Up
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They will receive government assistance on every pole replaced. It makes sense to run up the tally
Nope. Has to be recovered through storm charges.
Posted on 9/15/21 at 6:37 pm to AutoYes_Clown
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Can we get a fact check that these 30,000+ poles are indeed 30,000+ registered poles? Any pre-meditated "absentee" poles in this?
Every pole identified corresponds to inventory. They don't pull those numbers out of their arse.
Posted on 9/15/21 at 6:38 pm to Turf Taint
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Is there no way to bury a percentage of these lines every year as well as every hurricane repair?
Costs in the neighborhood of ten times as much to install and repairs cost in the neighborhood of 5 times as much.
If you're willing to pay $500-$1000 a month for electricity they can bury some of it.
Posted on 9/15/21 at 6:41 pm to PPBeastMode
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do assessment for Cox and I see a lot of poles got replaced for no reason. I guess they don’t want to get sued and the fed money is too good to pass up
Stay in your lane, everything you said after I do assessment for cox is wrong.
Posted on 9/15/21 at 6:50 pm to NorthEndZone
That’s a crazy number to fathom compared to Laura. The entire western part of the state was wrecked by Laura. Every single pole on my road was broken for Laura.
Posted on 9/15/21 at 6:54 pm to NorthEndZone
And that’s just for entergy
Posted on 9/15/21 at 6:54 pm to Dawgwithnoname
I do a lot of work with plant extension and upgrade. I know there’s a lot of damaged poles. What I’m talking about is they’re just replacing poles with little damage. I’ve check some poles that was bent a little bit, came back later, and it was replaced with a brand new pole.
Posted on 9/15/21 at 7:00 pm to Miketheseventh
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Not feasible at all. Not for distribution lines. Wires run on the poles are not insulated. That is by design. If cables are put in the ground they would have to increase the size of the cables and drop the voltage that they are carrying on them. Which then would increase the power needed to generate enough power. And that’s not including the shitload of new transformers that would need to be installed. One other thing. Finding a fault in a buried cable is challenging to pinpoint while you can see where the problem is with above ground lines. Like I said. It is really not feasible to even contemplate doing this. Outage times would triple if not more when the power goes out. I have spent plenty of hours inside manholes making splices on new cables that had to be replaced
Nah man, you can totally just stick some extension cords 6 inches in the ground with a cable plow. Hell, you can get bare copper wire and the mud will insulate it. It’s out of sheer greed that they don’t do this since once every 5-15 years a big enough storm comes through to knock 10’s of thousands of poles down.
Posted on 9/15/21 at 7:00 pm to TigerFred
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