On Thu, 18 Oct 2012 22:04:52 +0100, Michael Kilpatrick wrote:

On 18/10/2012 21:01, wrote:
On Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:36:43 +0100, Michael Kilpatrick

I had to feed the boys by candlelight, and luckily we only need the
gas hob.

Michael

Good practice for the future if the predicted power shortages occur,
most youngsters would enjoy the novelty.
A whole 3 hours ,you do sound a bit precious.
Depending on the type of cables an arc down through a tree may not be a
good idea to be left occurring,stray currents can damage things nearby
that are not immediately obvious such as other cables or cause voltage
gradients in the ground nearby that can be dangerous especially to 4
legged animals or two persons holding each other such as a couple or as
you have introduced suffering children, a mother and child.


The point is that it is absurd to imagine that the arcing suddenly began
today or that it will be significantly worse tomorrow morning. It just
happened that someone noticed it today, not yesterday or last week, or
last month even. The idea that the problem *must* be attended to
*immediately* if someone phones at, say, 3pm is just bonkers. As I said,
trees don't spring up overnight.

Of course. But, if it was reported at 3 p.m., and at 4 p.m. someone was
injured as described, the power company would be liable...



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