Blackouts in Beverly

[cema]

We have been out of power since about 5:20 pm. I went to a Panera to charge up one of my laptops and, sure enough, another power outage. Finished dinner and straight to a Starbucks. Which they said was out of power for about 2 hours but has power now, which means it's rolling, but which is also sort of good news as in: they are working on it.

More local news.

US power grid is not very reliable, common knowledge. And in general... One of my first strong impressions of the country was how vulnerable it was. In some ways I was wrong: a society based on trust is stronger than a society based on fear (this apparently applies to economy and finances as well). But in some ways I was not: the infrastructure is outdated and trailing far behind both the modern technology and the demand. And it has been that way for a long time now.

They will fix the power soon, I have no doubt about that. Fixing the grid and the rest of the infrastructure is not that easy and will take some effort and willpower.

Update. Fixed. Now the grid.

Comments

[tetushka.livejournal.com]

Да, уязвима. Надо строить в подвале печь.

[cema.livejournal.com]

И везде ходить с фонариком.

[drug-indejcev.livejournal.com]

Со свечою.

[cema.livejournal.com]

Да, так романтичнее.

[eta-ta.livejournal.com]

Ha! the most current post on topic

[cema.livejournal.com]

Yes; but they talk more about the energy sources than the delivery grid. Both need attention, of course.

[eta-ta.livejournal.com]

if you look at this author's posts I'm sure you'll find he's written on both topics.

[seminarist.livejournal.com]

Do I understand correctly that you actually live in Beverly, MA?

[cema.livejournal.com]

Yes. I actually do! Is that bad style? :-)

[seminarist.livejournal.com]

No, but that is incredible, I had no idea (I know you told me where you live more than once, but it all swiftly escaped out of the other ear, leaving just a vague impression of rural remoteness).

The thing is, we are going to be neighbours in 2 weeks. My new apartment is in Beverly.

[observarius.livejournal.com]

Et tu, Brute?

[seminarist.livejournal.com]

Отож.

[observarius.livejournal.com]

Поздравляю с новой работой... всё остальное - отдельно.

[seminarist.livejournal.com]

Спасибо!

[cema.livejournal.com]

Where? Just email me if it should be kept private.

[seminarist.livejournal.com]

Послал в личку.

[cema.livejournal.com]

Неплохо!

[observarius.livejournal.com]

Yes, sort of...

[cema.livejournal.com]

I know! But it used to be so close to work.

[birdwatcher.livejournal.com]

Не унывайте! Я несколько месяцев вообще в Спрингфилде жил, и ничего.

[cema.livejournal.com]

Ну хоть не Шелбивилль.

[birdwatcher.livejournal.com]

Не, я именно в массачуссеттском Спрингфилде.

[cema.livejournal.com]

Там небось осени красивейшие.

[cema.livejournal.com]

Ну вот и я жил под ДиСи одиннадцать лет, и там постоянно чпок, чпок.

[ninazino.livejournal.com]

Да, ветер на улице сильный. А у вас же там океан ближе. У нас тоже часто бывают обрывы, хотя сегодня пока ттт вроде пронесло.

[cema.livejournal.com]

Вроде там проблема не столько с ветром, сколько с трансформатором.

Обещают скоро все поправить.