Blackout: AMA

"ImmoralMinority" (araimondo) 10/02/2018 at 10:53 • Filed to: None

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It has not rained in many months here, and we got our first rain. This light rain was sufficient to kill power at my office, so here I sit in the dark.  My phone is losing power, so I may have to go sit in the car  This day is not good.

HammerheadFistpunch > ImmoralMinority 10/02/2018 at 10:57

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Im expecting, or was expecting, something similar with the rain we were supposed to be getting right now but aren’t.  No generator at the building?

Ash78, voting early and often > ImmoralMinority 10/02/2018 at 10:58

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This happens to me a lot...then I usually have a couple hours of laptop juice, LTE internet, and cell phone to keep me going. Remote employment FTW!

/no sick days

//no weather days

///no power outage days

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > ImmoralMinority 10/02/2018 at 11:03

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I still have power but one of my work monitors burned out so trying to do my job is harder than normal

Svend > ImmoralMinority 10/02/2018 at 11:08

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Bloody hell, how heavy is the rain over there? 

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > ImmoralMinority 10/02/2018 at 11:11

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My grandma and her crops will be very appreciative.

punkgoose17 > ImmoralMinority 10/02/2018 at 11:21

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A light rain killed the power. This sounds absurd to me.

“It has not rained in many months here ” This sounds foreign to me.

- The other side of the country.

I hope they fix your power quickly.

Ssfancyfresh > ImmoralMinority 10/02/2018 at 11:26

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I feel you.

I’m at home and logged into an important webex with a vendor sharing progress on software development. My pc died. Charger is at work. Talking trough software scope is difficult  

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > punkgoose17 10/02/2018 at 11:37

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Rain is no joke around these California parts. It is truly a spectacle when it actually does rain. 

Pich, with Z32 now featuring Civic [Si] / No > ImmoralMinority 10/02/2018 at 11:41

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its raining in fresno?

what the heck, im 15 mins north and we got nothing

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > ImmoralMinority 10/02/2018 at 12:06

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TheRealBicycleBuck > Svend 10/02/2018 at 12:11

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It’s not about the rain, it’s about the soils/ ground, the slopes, and the lack of vegetation. Fresno averages 11" per year. Seattle, famous for its rain, averages 38" per year. Baton Rouge averages 62" of rain per year.

DipodomysDeserti > ImmoralMinority 10/02/2018 at 12:14

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We’ve been getting soaked since yesterday. Everything is starting to flood, but thankfully only high winds or lightening  tend to kill power here. It’s been a really wet summer for us. Just had rain two weeks ago as well. Last year we went the whole month of September without any rain.

Svend > TheRealBicycleBuck 10/02/2018 at 12:17

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Ye’, Seattle weather is rather similar to that of where I am, we get a lot of rain and weather extremes.

How has it taken the power out though? Trying to understand the U.S. infrastructure for rain to do so. 

TheRealBicycleBuck > Svend 10/02/2018 at 13:17

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He’s just unlucky. The only time the power goes out for us in Baton Rouge is when a big tree takes out a power line. There must be something in his area which has a leak that needs repair.