The Cellar - Hurricane Sandy

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Lights are flickering, NJ and Long Island Facebookers are reporting power out. Any moment now I expect to be out. If it goes, I'll try to check in one more time by phone's mobile hotspot.

Will you be warm and safe? Are you living in the new place now?

Good luck, UT and everybody in Philly ...

No I'm still at the old house. I take delivery of the key on the new place on Thursday, but I won't move in right away. If the place is still standing. :D

Drizzled for about ten minutes here, then quit again. I still have my window open; the curtains've flapped a bit at a few gusts in the last hour or so but it's still actually really nice out. Thinking about popping out for a few beers and some dinner before the rain hits.

Hey guys: who wants to pop into Cellar Chat for a Sandychat tonight? We can tell when people lose power by when they vanish!

The Defense Logistics Agency posted this Photo: Okay, this is crazy! A shark swimming in the streets of Brigantine, NJ #hurricaneSandy

I hope everyone put shark repellant in their survival kit.

no they didn't? Where?

Ed Shultz just announced on behalf of NYC that the city is experiencing a "911 overload" and to call 311 for information or to report damage. yikes.

Dang! Knew I'd forgotten something!

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Originally Posted by Big Sarge (Post 836353)

The Defense Logistics Agency posted this Photo: Okay, this is crazy! A shark swimming in the streets of Brigantine, NJ #hurricaneSandy

I hope everyone put shark repellant in their survival kit.

How are those underground utilities looking now, glatt?

Water is one thing that makes transformers go boom.

Hurricane Sandy sounds like an awesome dessert.

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Originally Posted by glatt (Post 836258)

Makes me wonder exactly what in the transformer is making that boom noise when it goes. When a circuit breaker in my house trips, it just makes a loud click.

I got curious.

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Why Do Transformers Explode?
Transformers explode when an electric power line running to a transformer suddenly transmits far too much electricity for the circuits within the transformer to process. The most common way that this can happen is during a lightning strike. There are automatic shutoffs within the transformer when too much power reaches it. They turn off within 60 milliseconds of having detected an energy spike; unfortunately, this is about 5 times too slow to do any good. The extra electricity heats up and melts the circuit. The circuits are made to be heat resistant and are kept cool by several gallons of refined mineral oil in a closed chamber. Despite this, the circuit becomes red hot and fails in a shower of electrical sparks, superheating and igniting the mineral oil. The mineral oil combusts explosively, causing a loud bang and sending metal shrapnel that was once the transformer scything everywhere.

I don't mean this in a bad way. I know what a fuck-up this can be. But, yanks, get a dose of what we go though every 2 or 3 years. Guess we're a bit better prepared.
I have gas for cooking and heating water, but the fing lights are a bitch.
Gool luck all !!