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That's the trouble with leaks...when it's raining, you can't fix 'em and when it's not raining, you don't need to. :-) -p On 10/8/2016 10:53 AM, John wrote: Good. Thanks. The weather.gov one is the one I need. Power has been off twice. Both times for less time than it takes to shut down the

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For computer: Www.intellicast.com. Very good, very versatile; has a learning curve but it's not steep. For iPhone: Storm. Rick On Saturday, October 8, 2016, John wrote: > I will add this about using the web to find weather information this > morning. > > Hurricane

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I was wondering if it was going to reach you... just saw some NC stuff on weather channel this am condolences on the whole mess - good thing you are handy :-) ann On 10/8/2016 11:53 AM, John wrote: Good. Thanks. The weather.gov one is the one I need. Power has been off twice. Both times

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Good. Thanks. The weather.gov one is the one I need. Power has been off twice. Both times for less time than it takes to shut down the computers. I've shut down the rest of the computers anyway, but I'm keeping this one on to get weather updates. My leak is contained on the inside. I still have

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Here's an overview... http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/southeast_loop.php Here's another from Raleigh. These are usually updated every 10 minutes. http://radar.weather.gov/radar.php?rid=RAX=N0R=1110=yes -p On Oct 8, 2016, 8:41 AM -0500, John , wrote: > I will add

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I will add this about using the web to find weather information this morning. Hurricane Matthew, or at least its fringes is HERE. It's raining hard as f**k. I've got another damn leak! I'd like to figure out how soon I'm going to be able to risk getting up there to rig a patch. I can't find a

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The old land line telephones were also subject to this kind of over-saturation as well. You just didn't have to worry about where you were going to recharge your cellphone battery if the power was off for a couple of weeks. If you couldn't get through, you could try again in a few minutes & keep

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You could do it the old fashioned way & give news updates to all the AM/FM radio stations in the area. Let them broadcast the news as part of their public service requirement. On 10/7/2016 10:23 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote: Ann, I understand that. However, practically, what would be a better

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Yeah, but wasn't Hurricane Hazel the last one that blew through your area? I don't think you're going to have much of a problem from Matthew. 8-) On 10/7/2016 6:54 AM, David J Brooks wrote: I now have a smart phone but my plan does not include data and i need wi fi to access the net, so i 'm

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My last power outage caused by a hurricane was for slightly over 3 weeks. OTOH, my regular old landline telephone had no service interruption during that time. I have all of my computers, the router & modem on Uninterruptible Power Supplies. They are sized to give me about a half an hour

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It is not just the cell phone service. It applies to any service that assumes multiple resource consumers accessing the same resource, but not all at once. Most of those are NOT designed for the capacity that would provide ALL end users simultaneously. That would be too expensive and

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Exactly Bob. Cell phone service has a certain load rate expectation. These load rates are exceeded in many situations. It happened during 9/11, the Boston Marathon bombing, some storms in the south east, etc. I remember that the batteries in the local trunk boxes were really tall, the reason

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I miss the days when Ma Bell had batteries in every office to keep the phones working. 15 years ago the exchange the office was on had a fire and went out of service. The majority cell phone provider was overloaded and useless, no connectvity. Something to think about. On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 7:59

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Ann, I understand that. However, practically, what would be a better solution? Maybe setting a multiline automated system with a prerecorded message informing about the outage status? But that might be impractical, especially if it is a relatively small town with limited resources. But

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Yep. Your public utility probably has an app for that. My electricity provider, DTE Energy, posts updates as work progresses. The app allows reporting of an outage, bill paying and more. Another app offered by the utility monitors electricity usage in real time via the smart meter and provides

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On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 9:39 PM, John wrote: > One of the things they suggested was that if it DOES go off, I should > consult their web site to find out the extent of the outage. I'll make > sure to check, JUST AS SOON AS THE POWER COMES BACK ON! Smartphones, dude. --

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I now have a smart phone but my plan does not include data and i need wi fi to access the net, so i 'm toast Dave On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 10:45 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > Igor - > "Quite some people" in North Carolina don't have cell phones , or computers > - even here, some

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Igor - "Quite some people" in North Carolina don't have cell phones , or computers - even here, some people don't have either - but they have a telephone Calling landlines and telling people to check a website isannoying enough , but the amount of information these days that seems only to be

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John, While I understand your thoughts (and sarcasm), I would like to point out that quite some people use their cell phones to access a web site. I was checking the outage extent from my cell when we lost the power (happened 2-3 times in a row last year). Besides, depending on the extent

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So I thought I'd share. I just got a robo-call from my electric utility to warn me there might be a "storm" in this area in the next few days, and that I should consider in advance what to do if the power goes off. One of the things they suggested was that if it DOES go off, I should consult