Subj : Hydro went off - again
To   : August Abolins
From : Ed Vance
Date : Sun Dec 06 2020 10:43:00

12-03-20 18:47 August Abolins wrote to Mike Powell about Hydro went off - again
Howdy! August and Mike,

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 AA> Hello Mike!

 AA> ** On Monday 30.11.20 - 15:55, Mike Powell wrote to AUGUST ABOLINS:

 >> It lasted about 24 hours. Other regions had it worse (up
 >> to 3 or 4 days without electric power). A few people
 >> operate generators.

 MP> LOL, I read that as "water" not "hydroelectric."  Would
 MP> not want to be without the former for long but, now that
 MP> Winter is upon us, being without the electric is more
 MP> worrisome.

 AA> "Hydro" is part of the name of the Canada-wide service company
 AA> that manages the electric (and nuclear) power facilities.
 AA> Canadians are used to using the term "hydro" when we refer to
 AA> the electricity services to our homes.

Down the road from the Lock and Dam I worked at was a Hydroelectric Plant.

It was owned by Louisville Gas and Electric Company (Kentucky).
There were 8 Turbines (Units) in the building.
It was the only Hydro Plant in the area, all of the other Generating Stations
burnt Coal to run their Generators.

I was at work one day when a towboat locked through carrying a Hydro Unit
that was built in France that would be installed in Vanceburg, Kentucky.
It was a HUGE Unit, and that one unit probably would produce more electricty
than the eight units in the nearby Hydro Plant could.

Just thought I'd jump in and make a comment.

73 de Ed W9ODR        .                   .


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