i live in southern california and these rolling blackouts are a real pain in
th
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From: Braver, Ben [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2001 8:43 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Lightbulb changing, CA style
g'mornin' all
So how do you change a lightbulb in California these days?
(1) Try turning on another light, see if the power is out completely or if
it's just that one bulb.
(2) If the power is all off, turn on a battery-powered radio to find out if
we're in another Stage III Power Alert with rotating blackouts.
(3) Check your utility bill to find your Rotating Outage Block Number (which
of the fourteen groups of victims you're in), if you don't already have this
memorized.
(4) If there is an outage and it's your block, you'll have your power back
in an hour or two. So don't open the refrigerator!
(5) If there is an outage and it's NOT your block, look outside, see if a
driver distracted by their cell phone crashed into a power pole. (Or, maybe
a transformer blew in the unseasonable heat.)
(6) If it turned out to just be the light bulb, replace the incandescent
bulb with a low-wattage compact flourescent.
OK, all of ya outside of CA, pay attention -- y'all may be next if they let
your state deregulate the way we did, and don't built new plants for years
in a time of rapid growth in power consumption (can you say server farms?).
Ben
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