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Zim, Power in Puerto Rico 

By: monkeytrots in POPE IV | Recommend this post (2)
Sat, 14 Oct 17 12:33 AM | 54 view(s)
Boardmark this board | POPES NEW and Improved Real Board 		Msg. 36707 of 47202
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Lookback to 32 years ago (comment section decent also) -
http://www.chron.com/news/houston-weather/articleComments/Hurricane-Alicia-thumped-the-Houston-area-32-6450979.php

The article claims Cat 3, but that was barely reached just as it hit Galveston - it was barely a hurricane when it hit North Houston where I lived (winds +/- 90 mph), and think it was only a Cat 1 when it hit Houston. Lost 3 pine trees to tornado that skipped right over my house. The tops got broken off - sounded like a locomotive going over. Very little actual structural damage from Alicia - roofs, yeah - but not a lot of houses destroyed in Houston proper.
Flooding wasn't very bad with Alicia.

The downtown structures lost a lot of glass - but not much else. Think power was out a week to 10 days where I was at - mostly water damage to buried lines.

Puerto Rico is going to have to replace a lot of power poles and repair a lot of lines. Skilled labour shortage there for that much work (unlike Houston,Galveston), and replacing that stuff is pretty labour intensive. I expect the pace of repairs will pick up rather quickly as the rest of the damage problems (more pressing like food, water, fuel, housing) are addressed first. It will be interesting to see how long before they reach the 80% power restored level (80/20 rule). I'll bet it takes them less than another two months, maybe even faster. Won't argue that it will take up to 6 months for full restoration.




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By: Zimbler0 in POPE IV
Sat, 14 Oct 17 12:06 AM 		Msg. 36701 of 47202

Decomposed> Puerto Rico might be revealing. The United States is there with manpower and money, so casualties will be minimal, but I hear that full power restoration will take six months. Three weeks after Maria, just sixteen percent have power -- and they're the low hanging fruit, the easy ones.



De,
In Puerto Rico the power lines and poles were pretty
much torn out and broken down. Most of Puerto Rico's
electrical grid will have to be re-constructed.

In an EMP, the power lines and poles will still be
there. As MT pointed out, the fuses may need replacing
but most of the transformers will be OK. Generators?
Depends on how they are made and how well protected.
Deisel engines might not even feel it.

How much worse could an EMP bomb be than a lightning strike?

Zim.

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