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re: The power restoration in Florida is impressive!
Posted on 10/3/22 at 4:32 pm to turnpiketiger
Posted on 10/3/22 at 4:32 pm to turnpiketiger
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Florida is a well managed state these days. Leadership down it’s solid. Heading in the right direction too for a large state that it is.
If we could only get rid of them crazies
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Posted on 10/3/22 at 4:34 pm to loogaroo
Lived in S W Florida almost 20 years
Florida does everything better than this SHITHOLE State
The LaToya’s, Morial’s and Nagin’s would not even be on the ballot
Posted on 10/3/22 at 5:22 pm to tigerbutt
quote:Yes sir I am.
Lucky bastard.
Posted on 10/3/22 at 5:40 pm to loogaroo
250 trucks with 500+ lineman from other States were thee to help restore power. The article makes it sound like just Florida Light and Gas did all the work.
Posted on 10/3/22 at 5:41 pm to ForLSU56
Hardening & upgrading to the levels in FL cost a ton of money. They had a lot of bad experiences in the recent past that convinced folks there the upgrades were needed. A lot of times--and I suspect this has been the case in LA--customers & regulators aren't willing pay the cost until they are certain it's worth it. FL experience in this storm could help accelerate acceptance in LA and in other Gulf Coast states.
Posted on 10/3/22 at 5:44 pm to TimeOutdoors
Undergrounding helps a lot, but it's not always the only answer. Especially in low-lying and flood prone areas like FL and LA, underground lines can be vulnerable to moisture. Sometimes makes more sense to combine undergrounding with hardening above-ground assets (eg, replace wood poles with metal or concrete).
Posted on 10/3/22 at 5:44 pm to Pauldingtiger
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250 trucks with 500+ lineman from other States were thee to help restore power. The article makes it sound like just Florida Light and Gas did all the work.
So that's 1 lineman per 5000 people and 1 truck per 10,000 people
This post was edited on 10/3/22 at 5:45 pm
Posted on 10/3/22 at 5:55 pm to tgrbaitn08
Way more than 500 linemen came from out of town. There were something like 20,000 - 30,000 responding to Ian, I think. I believe 10,000 or 15,000 came to LA for Ida.
Being that FL has about 4 times the population of LA, the response sounds proportional.
Being that FL has about 4 times the population of LA, the response sounds proportional.
Posted on 10/3/22 at 5:55 pm to Pauldingtiger
Florida Power & Light (it's not called FLG, by the way) serves the vast majority of the affected part of the state. And all the out-of-state crews that come to help restore the FPL system work under FPL's direction, in a way like subcontractors. So FPL can take credit. But in reality a restoration of this magnitude is essentially a coordinated industry-wide effort.
Posted on 10/3/22 at 6:02 pm to Pintail
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Most of Metairie was out of water for weeks.
No it wasn’t, more like 3 days....
I remember when we stopped using gallon jugs of water. and that was because of pressure problems due to pumping issues when Entergy lost that high tension line over the river, and a water main break from uprooted trees.
Thar article you posted was from the day after the storm and that's what they thought it needed to be done, but it was not needed.
This post was edited on 10/3/22 at 9:18 pm
Posted on 10/3/22 at 6:10 pm to ForLSU56
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I'm not in the powerline business and have no clue as the the "why not" but sure would like to know why power companies in hurricane prone areas haven't done or don't do the transition from pole to underground.
Because it's expensive, and it would fall on utility bills.
Issues with New Orleans and Jefferson parish is they're older and underground service wasn't really done until the 70's...
Like I said in a previous post, all the newer subdivisions were developed with underground utilities and had no issues getting power on.
This post was edited on 10/3/22 at 6:16 pm
Posted on 10/3/22 at 6:16 pm to Mr Boyles
This is many years of good decision making by FL politicians. Ron only making the state better. Elections matter!
Posted on 10/3/22 at 6:19 pm to FtHuntTiger
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Florida Power & Light (it's not called FLG, by the way)
Yep it is FPL and your assessment is correct
This post was edited on 10/3/22 at 6:21 pm
Posted on 10/3/22 at 6:30 pm to Old Money
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This is many years of good decision making by FL politicians. Ron only making the state better. Elections matter!
This. All of this.
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