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[Son Of Odin]

trapped under rubble plz send help..

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[Gristle]

The night after Sandy

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[dreadnok]

Ya my condo and all my stuff is gone. Its really chaotic.

[dreadnok]

As a professional in this kind of business I can tell you that you're just wrong and fell for the argumentation of the energy business.
With modern possibilities, doing underground lines is a piece of cake even on longer distances. The machines which are available nowadays can easily be operated by 3-5 men, it's like driving a tractor... slow but steady.
Sure , you won't do 2000 miles underground, that's silly but having lines that long is stupid in the first place...
And repairs? A modern cable can last up 75 years w/o a scratch, in my city are still cables in the ground from 1930. There basicly is nothing that could go wrong with the cable itself. If some moron digs a hole in the wrong place, cant blame the cable. And repairs are done in a few hours, faults in the line can be measured in with an accuracy up to 20cm.
But it all comes down to a proper planning in the first place and the desire to ensure safe power supply and my guess is that it is lacking in that spot the most. I've read an article about American Metropoles Power Supply grids being done as a ring formation, not as the in Europe commonly used star formation. That kind of planning is probably the cause for having Manhattan dark and cold for the next 2 days or something.

The reason for all the lights out after that storm is due to old infrastructure and long overdue repairs/replacement. But as long as nobody is "really" complaining, why not put that money out to the shareholders instead of investing into cable and a proper supply grid, right?

Because they would have to spend monwy and their scumbags

[dreadnok]

As a professional in this kind of business I can tell you that you're just wrong and fell for the argumentation of the energy business.
With modern possibilities, doing underground lines is a piece of cake even on longer distances. The machines which are available nowadays can easily be operated by 3-5 men, it's like driving a tractor... slow but steady.
Sure , you won't do 2000 miles underground, that's silly but having lines that long is stupid in the first place...
And repairs? A modern cable can last up 75 years w/o a scratch, in my city are still cables in the ground from 1930. There basicly is nothing that could go wrong with the cable itself. If some moron digs a hole in the wrong place, cant blame the cable. And repairs are done in a few hours, faults in the line can be measured in with an accuracy up to 20cm.
But it all comes down to a proper planning in the first place and the desire to ensure safe power supply and my guess is that it is lacking in that spot the most. I've read an article about American Metropoles Power Supply grids being done as a ring formation, not as the in Europe commonly used star formation. That kind of planning is probably the cause for having Manhattan dark and cold for the next 2 days or something.

The reason for all the lights out after that storm is due to old infrastructure and long overdue repairs/replacement. But as long as nobody is "really" complaining, why not put that money out to the shareholders instead of investing into cable and a proper supply grid, right?

[dreadnok]

No clue why i posted it twice. My phone is shitty

[Germanicus]

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[Vibe]

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[Tears of Destiny]

When Bura was hit, it did not shut down the world trading hub in NYC for two solid days which in effect did a global economic damaging blow to every country everywhere, to be fair.

[Molly]

When Bura was hit, it did not shut down the world trading hub in NYC for two solid days which in effect did a global economic damaging blow to every country everywhere, to be fair.

Nah, it's always the same...

Murricans are just drama queens - they have Hollywood after all.

3000 dead on 9/11 --> 100000+ dead in Iraq/Afghanistan

An American life is just sooo much more worth than the life of someone else, of anyone else really.

[Kafein]

I also doubt the region bura hit had even a tenth of the population of the east coast, to be fair.

[pepejul]

I hope USA will not attack Iran because of "it was Taliban Iranian massive destruction weapon attack... they use storm to destroy USA ! Attack them !"....

[Gristle]

And here comes the anti American bullshit out of nowhere. What took you so long? Is it really so surprising that a forum with a lot of American posters would be concerned with an American disaster? I have friends that still can't return to their homes, and some of them may not have a home to return to. Fuck off.

[LordBerenger]

And here comes the anti American bullshit out of nowhere. What took you so long? Is it really so surprising that a forum with a lot of American posters would be concerned with an American disaster? I have friends that still can't return to their homes, and some of them may not have a home to return to. Fuck off.

Instead of caring about the middle-east US should declare war and nuke EUROPE TO OBLIVION! TO WAR!

[Christo]

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