nowayjosey [they/them]

Yeah the problem is that we have no way to fix any damage if it gets done. If a tree falls and snaps a 200’ span of transmission wire, it could take weeks to get another span of wire than long. If a car slips on ice and takes out a pole and transformer, it could take months to get a transformer and weeks to get a pole.

Yeah, there isn’t a national stockpile for 75kv overhead transformers and transmission wire. Regional electric companies buy them from suppliers the same as everything else.

What I’m trying to warn people is that suppliers have been back ordered for months, and we’ve already burned through our emergency supplies. We are going to start having developers sue us because we can’t hook up their new construction. There are literally houses ready to go, but can’t get occupancy because the meters on the outhside have over a years worth of back orders.

It’s absolutely insane, and it has been a mild year for storms so far.

The best time to get one would have been last year. The second best time to get one is today.

Most efficient system.

Yeah, I don’t think the coasts are any better off. They just face different threats. Down in the south east and gulf regions, they have hurricanes. Out west, fires cause massive issues. North East gets nasty snowstorms. And they all will problems sourcing replacement wire and transformers when those storms and fires damage the grid.

For real, look up what your system is and how it works. Household systems are extremely simple, and a crafty person could figure out how to keep it working if the power went out.

:data-laughing: :doomjak:

Warm clothes and warm blankets wouldn’t be a bad idea either. Get twice what you think you will need. 1 pair of glove and two blankets? Make that 2 pairs and 4 blankets if you can swing it. If you don’t need them, someone else might.

It’s kind of a dual prong type thing. The system being designed in ways to lower the impact weather can have on it is one prong. The other is a robust ability to respond to issues. Trees and lines will still ice over and fall. The problem is that when that happens, there isnt a replacement.

Cast iron would mean a boiler system. That’s good actually. Pretty sure those function entirely mechanically. I don’t know how the boiler would be controlled since I only have experience with forced air. There might some kind of electrical control on it, wouldn’t hurt to check it out