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jar
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10-30-2011 10:16 PM 		Reply to: Message 1 by Percy
10-30-2011 10:04 PM

May you all be safe.
Good luck and my prayers for all who are without power.
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Anyone so limited that they can only spell a word one way is severely handicapped!
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10-31-2011 11:09 AM 		Reply to: Message 6 by Percy
10-31-2011 7:53 AM

whats changed?
Percy writes:
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Here in New England we don't think in terms of global warming but of climate change. I've been 25 years in New England, but the last 10 years have been nothing like before. Storms that cut power across wide swathes now happen about once a year, and this is the second time this year, as there was hurricane Irene a couple months ago.
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Are the storms that different or might this be the result of aging infrastructure and lack of oversight of the utility companies and the reassignment of maintenance and infrastructure to costs as opposed to assets?
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jar
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10-31-2011 1:11 PM 		Reply to: Message 11 by Percy
10-31-2011 12:38 PM

Re: whats changed?
I don't think anyone is saying that the weather is not changing.
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The question is though, whether the infrastructure has been maintained properly and is that a major cause of the increased number and the extent of outages?
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10-31-2011 2:51 PM 		Reply to: Message 13 by Percy
10-31-2011 2:33 PM

Re: whats changed?
Sure, and earlier ice storms are more destructive than later ice storms since the trees still have leaves which increases the loading.
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11-03-2011 10:13 AM 		Reply to: Message 19 by Trixie
11-03-2011 6:52 AM

Re: whats changed?
We are seeing an increased influx of tropical critters as they move north.
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There is no doubt in my mind that the weather is changing, but I also doubt that our infrastructure and how Utilities are managed today will be able to stand up to the challenge.
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11-03-2011 9:21 PM 		Reply to: Message 22 by frako
11-03-2011 8:43 PM

Re: whats changed?
Infrastructure, some big expensive infrastructure, involved there as well.
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