Re: Washington DC power failures

[David Lesher <wb8foz () nrk com>]

Unnamed Administration sources reported that Deepak Jain said:
> I'm sure exploding manholes and the unpredictable outages are so much better
> for business.
>
> Aren't the explosions supposed to be drastically reduced during the
> fall/winter season?
>
> Regards,
>
> Deepak Jain
> AiNET
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu]On Behalf Of
> David Lesher
> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 4:19 PM
> To: nanog list
> Subject: Re: Washington DC power failures
>
>
>
> Unnamed Administration sources reported that Sean Donelan said:
> > Washington DC power company PEPCO had more underground
> > fires at 17th and M streets NW.  This has affected
> > some circuits out of carriers with facilities on
> > 1200 block of L street.
>
> Note that PEPCO has just started a major rebuild of the much
> damned system in Georgetown. It's supposed to take teraseconds to
> complete since the local merchants:
>
>       Don't want any outages
>
>       Don't want any street construction
>       during the business day
>
>       Don't want any noise or dirt...





Not really. Freeze|thaw cycle and conductive salty road drainage
are likely a good part of the picture.




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