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[FoxNews]A small town's sudden power surge fried tech gear inhundreds of homes
On Wed, 01 Feb 2017 17:31:50 -0000, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
A small town's sudden power surge fried tech gear in hundreds of homes Full story: http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2017/01/...eds-homes.html Residents in the small Pennsylvania town of Brookville must've wondered what on earth was going on earlier this month when a sudden power surge caused electrical appliances and gizmos in up to 1,000 homes to fry, explode, or simply conk out. What may have momentarily seemed like some kind of weird supernatural happening was actually an electrical surge caused by a failed power line component, according to an AP report. Local media said that "damage ranged from residents losing a refrigerator to losing all appliances in the kitchen or losing everything in the house." Up to a quarter of the town's 4,000 residents were thought to have been affected by the incident, with many reporting fried computers, burned electrical meters, and damaged power strips. Some even spoke of fluorescent lights suddenly exploding. When the surge occurred, the high volume of calls flooding into the emergency services forced the local fire department to call for extra help from three nearby facilities. As for the local cops, the incident tripped its main office radio, causing them to miss the first emergency calls. The first they knew something was up was when they heard the fire trucks roaring through the town. "We were fortunate that nobody was hurt," Tracy Zents, the director of Jefferson County's Department of Emergency Services, told AP. You should have anything expensive in a UPS. -- A highway patrolman pulled alongside a speeding car on the freeway. Glancing at the car, he was astounded to see that the blonde behind the wheel was knitting! Realizing that she was oblivious to his flashing lights and siren, the trooper cranked down his window, turned on his bullhorn and yelled, "PULL OVER!" "NO!" the blonde yelled back, "IT'S A SCARF!" |
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