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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-26-06 11:43 AM
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I feel for the Californians who have to live through rolling blackout
again.

But at least this time, Enron is not behind this, and no traders are singing "burn baby, burn" when there is not enough electricity to pump water on wild fire.

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bananas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-26-06 12:18 PM
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1. There are no rolling blackouts here.
Edited on Wed Jul-26-06 12:40 PM by bananas
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Thanks for your concern.

A "rolling blackout" is when the power company intentionally turns off power to areas. They notify the areas that will be affected beforehand. They are called "rolling" because they will turn off power for an hour to one area, then turn it back on but turn off power to a different area. So each area only goes for an hour without power. The blackout rolls around from one area to another.

There are blackouts occurring, but they are from equipment failure.
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question everything Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-26-06 04:37 PM
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2. Thanks for the clarification
I've heard that a cooler weather is coming?
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