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January 25/26 Jimbo Back Surgery Storm

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BornAgain13
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Just a fyi, if yall don't see me posting much, my shift on the Fire Dept works on Sunday but it looks like its gonna be bad so they may call us all in Saturday evening. May have to work 36 hrs straigh

wncsnow
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No matter what happens, it's good to see the forums back alive again. This place means a lot to me and even though I disagree with folks from time to time, I enjoy riding this Rollercoaster with you a

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Blacksburg Coach

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2 hours ago, BooneWX said:

As someone in the industry, it’s not for no reason. Thank energy policy this past decade which pre maturely rushed the closure of coal fired power plants. You can’t replace that capacity overnight, it takes significant investment, much more than any company can possibly shell out without passing on. Luckily, electricity is still the best bang for your buck. It fuels almost every aspect of your life daily, for roughly the cost of a value meal. 

It's a monopoly on public infrastructure. They control waterways, politicians and make money hand over first. There is nothing safer than an investment in utilities and their dividends.Power companies often charge too much because most customers have little to no choice in who provides their electricity, giving these companies monopoly power with limited competition. Rates continue to rise faster than wages, even though service reliability and customer support do not always improve at the same rate. At the same time, power companies frequently report strong profits and high executive pay.  The lack of transparency in how rates are set ? If you were on the up and up you wouldn't need to hide charges like a credit card company. Not a knock on you, I have several friends who are linemen and I appreciate them, these companies are a business and legally their CEOs are required to make these companies as profitable as they can and profitability always trumps affordability for families.

 

Sorry guys, I know this is a storm thread. I'll make this my last post on the issue.

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14 minutes ago, Blacksburg Coach said:

It's a monopoly on public infrastructure. They control waterways, politicians and make money hand over first. There is nothing safer than an investment in utilities and their dividends.Power companies often charge too much because most customers have little to no choice in who provides their electricity, giving these companies monopoly power with limited competition. Rates continue to rise faster than wages, even though service reliability and customer support do not always improve at the same rate. At the same time, power companies frequently report strong profits and high executive pay.  The lack of transparency in how rates are set ? If you were on the up and up you wouldn't need to hide charges like a credit card company. Not a knock on you, I have several friends who are linemen and I appreciate them, these companies are a business and legally their CEOs are required to make these companies as profitable as they can and profitability always trumps affordability for families.

 

Sorry guys, I know this is a storm thread. I'll make this my last post on the issue.

Absolutely no business being in this thread. Take it to banter.

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QC_Halo

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1 hour ago, WNC_Fort said:

How well equipped do you think Duke is to deal with a widespread ice-related outage. Especially with the cold air expected after? Think they can realistically get places back online fairly quickly? 

Not sure, but usually when there is an event like this or hurricanes, etc. you get a lot of help from linemen from out of state. 
In this case, a lot of them will be busy in their own areas I’d suspect. 

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36 minutes ago, Blacksburg Coach said:

It's a monopoly on public infrastructure. They control waterways, politicians and make money hand over first. There is nothing safer than an investment in utilities and their dividends.Power companies often charge too much because most customers have little to no choice in who provides their electricity, giving these companies monopoly power with limited competition. Rates continue to rise faster than wages, even though service reliability and customer support do not always improve at the same rate. At the same time, power companies frequently report strong profits and high executive pay.  The lack of transparency in how rates are set ? If you were on the up and up you wouldn't need to hide charges like a credit card company. Not a knock on you, I have several friends who are linemen and I appreciate them, these companies are a business and legally their CEOs are required to make these companies as profitable as they can and profitability always trumps affordability for families.

 

Sorry guys, I know this is a storm thread. I'll make this my last post on the issue.

a whole lot of not true in Boone's post 

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Just another observation: lots of reports of precip with not much in the way of radar returns. Just a reminder that with a wedge airmass (especially a shallow one) we can get light precip thats not necessarily showing up on radar. In turn that means models dont resolve this well. 

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neatlburbwthrguy

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8 minutes ago, gman said:

I am back to being stressed about this storm. After looking at all of the moisture to our west and watching the temps dropping quickly, Chris Justus might just be right. It looks bad for the Upstate. Hope I am wrong. 

Yep upstate & north ga gonna get it bad I think as well.  Temps dropping dew points low & plume of moisture barreling in 

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USCG RS

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26 minutes ago, gman said:

I am back to being stressed about this storm. After looking at all of the moisture to our west and watching the temps dropping quickly, Chris Justus might just be right. It looks bad for the Upstate. Hope I am wrong. 

Based on everything I've seen... Current observations, models which have been handling this storm well, cold air digging in, I believe he is. 

As I've said... From a risk management perspective, this is a pull out all the stops situation. Even if it ultimately turns out to be wrong

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4 minutes ago, USCG RS said:

Based on everything I've seen... Current observations, more models, cold air digging in, I believe he is. 

As I've said... From a risk management perspective, this is a pull out all the stops situation. Even if it ultimately turns out to be wrong

Yeah- count me as someone who is getting concerned again.  Nothing more I can do at this point..it’s gonna do what’s it’s gonna do.  
Got the generator gassed and ready….

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USCG RS

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Just now, Snow dog said:

Yeah- count me as someone who is getting concerned again.  Nothing more I can do at this point..it’s gonna do what’s it’s gonna do.  
Got the generator gassed and ready….

Unfortunately that's really all it is at this point. Pray we're wrong and be ready. Check on neighbors. Use judgement and be safe. 

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NEGA_Dawg

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42 minutes ago, gman said:

I am back to being stressed about this storm. After looking at all of the moisture to our west and watching the temps dropping quickly, Chris Justus might just be right. It looks bad for the Upstate. Hope I am wrong. 

Yeah, i was feeling good about things just after lunch.Now  i am eyeing that main line of precip that will come through after temps drop below freezing. I have wood in the house and covered wood outside. Its going to do what its going to do. Nothing more i can do.

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