Power outages

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JK
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Power outages

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http://news.nationalpost.com/news/websi ... -squirrels


I'm glad there are no squirrels on ships, it is tough enough to keep the power on some days!
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Re: Power outages

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I think also US are very vulnerable from solar storm magnetic induce ground current , the age of obsolescence for a very large part of the electrical grid should be an important concern , unfortunately since only the last line of accounting of gain is important, any upgrade of the grid will be postponed indefinitely .
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