All our lines are above ground. I don't know if i would call that 3rd world country, though.

I lived in an area where electric was underground. Even so, you can just
about bet that the lines eventually run above ground somewhere and, if they
get bad ice, your power is still going out.


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Re: Bad weather coming to N.C
By: Dumas Walker to MORNINGSTARR on Sat Jan 24 2026 09:38 am

All our lines are above ground. I don't know if i would
call that 3rd world country, though.

I lived in an area where electric was underground. Even so, you can
just about bet that the lines eventually run above ground somewhere
and, if they get bad ice, your power is still going out.

where i lived before, ice or cold weather was not the problem with
power lines. what would take them down were high winds, trees and morons hitting power boxes with their cars. when i was in milwaukee people hitting shit was the main cause of my outages.
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Dumas Walker wrote to MORNINGSTARR <=-

I lived in an area where electric was underground. Even so, you can
just about bet that the lines eventually run above ground somewhere
and, if they get bad ice, your power is still going out.

I wish we had underground power. I'm in the hills along the California
coast, and on my little cul-de-sac street, half of the street is fed
power from the cross-streets. My half, nearer the cul-de-sac has power
running over a ravine behind our block and into the rest of the street.
That line is notorious for having trees fall on it.

Internet has its own issue. It runs along the length of the street, but
the utility pole is across the street. AT&T is the low wire on the pole,
and moving trucks are notorious for taking down the low-hanging feeder
lines to the house next door (which has AT&T).

They've "solved" the problem by looping the fiber up and over the
Comcast line, which is about a foot and a half higher up on the pole. It
gives the line just enough lift that the truck clears.



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I lived in an area where electric was underground. Even so, you can
just about bet that the lines eventually run above ground somewhere
and, if they get bad ice, your power is still going out.

where i lived before, ice or cold weather was not the problem with
power lines. what would take them down were high winds, trees and morons hitting power boxes with their cars. when i was in milwaukee people hitting shit was the main cause of my outages.

Same here re: people hitting boxes or poles. The ice is bad if it gets
thick and, accompanied by wind, either brings down trees onto lines or
brings the lines themselves down.

Looks like we are all snow and sleet here (tiny flakes and tiny sleet --
you can hardly see it falling) so only worried about morons today. ;)


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Re: Bad weather coming to N.C
By: MRO to Morningstarr on Fri Jan 23 2026 10:06 pm

she has backup tanks. i had a pt job where i delivered things. she will be fine.

Yeah man I was exited to see someone brought her backup tanks! On the plus side, our power didn't go out!

Thanks for your concerns buddy
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Re: Bad weather coming to N.C
By: Morningstarr to MRO on Mon Jan 26 2026 06:15 pm

Re: Bad weather coming to N.C
By: MRO to Morningstarr on Fri Jan 23 2026 10:06 pm

she has backup tanks. i had a pt job where i delivered things.
she will be fine.

Yeah man I was exited to see someone brought her backup tanks! On the
plus side, our power didn't go out!

Thanks for your concerns buddy

i'm not your buddy. i saw the bullshit you posted on fidonet.
don't even reply to one of my post again.


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Re: Bad weather coming to N.C
By: MRO to Morningstarr on Tue Jan 27 2026 05:41 am

she has backup tanks. i had a pt job where i delivered things.
she will be fine.

Yeah man I was exited to see someone brought her backup tanks! On the
plus side, our power didn't go out!

Thanks for your concerns buddy

i'm not your buddy. i saw the bullshit you posted on fidonet.
don't even reply to one of my post again.

You put the "D" in ick.


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I hope the storm that is coming this weekend, isn't bad. Last
time we got a storm like this, we were without power for a
month... How bad do you guys think it will be? I'm debating on
renting a generator or getting a hotel. I am not happy!!! :(

Areas from New Mexico and Colorado, east into the Arklatex, Arklamiss, Midsouth, Southeast, MidAlantic, Tennessee and Ohio Valleys, DelMarva,
and New England, all felt the wrath of Fern.

I had heavy sleet in southwest Little Rock, with some snow and some
freezing rain, but I never lost power. I was doing winter weather traffic
with the ham radio operators for 16 hours during the storm.

Daryl

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Re: Bad weather coming to N.C
By: Daryl Stout to morningstarr on Tue Jan 27 2026 22:11:57

I hope the storm that is coming this weekend, isn't bad. Last
time we got a storm like this, we were without power for a month... How mo>> bad do you guys think it will be? I'm debating on renting a generator or mo>> getting a hotel. I am not happy!!! :(

This is the latest from Ryan Hall, Y'all: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gF0Xq5rFmo

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Re: Bad weather coming to N.C
By: Denn to MRO on Tue Jan 27 2026 08:07 am

Why you mad bro? I wasn't talking about you or anyone. It's not something I would get mad about. What you feeling mad, because you are rude and trash talk others on here.

Morningstarr wrote to Denn <=-

Re: Bad weather coming to N.C
By: Denn to MRO on Tue Jan 27 2026 08:07 am

Why you mad bro? I wasn't talking about you or anyone. It's not
something I would get mad about. What you feeling mad, because you are rude and trash talk others on here.

Please learn how to quote, and take your trolling somewhere else.




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This is the latest from Ryan Hall, Y'all:

I love watching his briefings and his live streams.

He surely wasn't happy about all the fuss about the groundhog,
who said "6 more weeks of winter".

Several memes were generated after that, including:

1) Phil's ex-wife, Philena, had divorced him, and had gone to
Florida, as "Phil was a pathological liar".

2) A wolf in the snow growled "The groundhog said 6 more weeks
of winter. So, I ate him".

3) Phil was seen at the Philadelphia airport, boarding a flight
for Cancun.

4) Phil was seen being booked into the local jail on perjury
charges.

5) Phil was seen entering "The Witness Protection Program".

I agree with Bill Murray from the 1993 movie "Groundhog Day"...
"a thousand people freezing their butts off to look at a rodent".

But, that's Punxatawney's big tourist draw each year.

In years past, they've set up an amateur radio special event
station...plus had a "cardiac breakfast"...Southern Style. We're
talking eggs, biscuits, gravy, tomatoes, sausage, ham, pork, bacon,
hash browns, and everything else to deposit all that cholesterol
into your arteries!!

Daryl

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