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Re: Flash

From rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.raspberry-pi
Subject Re: Flash
Date 2015-10-29 05:00 -0400
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On 10/28/2015 9:02 PM, Martin Gregorie wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Oct 2015 20:41:58 +0000, Mark Justice wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 28 Oct 2015 11:55:28 +0000, Martin Gregorie wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 27 Oct 2015 22:19:04 -0400, rickman wrote:
>>>
>>>> Last time we had a major storm around here both my ISP and my cell
>>>> phone provider were down for a day or so.
>>>>
>>> Out of curiosity, were landlines in your neighbourhood still working?
>>> I'd expect that they were down too if your local telco still puts the
>>> line up a pole but should have
>> been just fine if it uses underground
>>> cabling.
>>
>> Speaking for myself when I had a land line I never lost that even the
>> year we had four hurricanes back to back.
>>
> It figures when you think about it: small diameter telephone wires that
> can be strung rather tighter between the poles than power lines. That
> means the wire won't thrash around so much in the wind. Being smaller
> diameter the drag, and the resulting wind load on the wires will be less.
> But the wires are still relatively thick compared with insulated copper,
> so power will most likely still get to subscriber kit even if the wires
> get damaged but not actually broken. Last but not least, even if poles
> move so the wires get slack enough to touch and give momentary shorts,
> the voltage is low enough that this won't break the wires.

None of that helps when a tree falls on the line ripping it in half with 
a hundred pairs of wires splayed across the ground.

-- 

Rick

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      Re: Flash Wayne Chirnside <frank@fuax.com> - 2015-10-25 23:42 +0000
        Re: Flash rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-27 22:19 -0400
          Re: Flash Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-10-28 11:55 +0000
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            Re: Flash rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-28 12:26 -0400
            Re: Flash Mark Justice <mark@faux.com> - 2015-10-28 20:41 +0000
              Re: Flash Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-10-29 01:02 +0000
                Re: Flash The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-29 08:43 +0000
                Re: Flash Dom <domafp@blueyonder.co.uk> - 2015-10-29 12:41 +0000
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                Re: Flash Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2015-10-29 13:26 +0000
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                Re: Flash The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-29 12:45 +0000
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                Re: Flash fruit <fruit@invalid.org.uk> - 2015-10-29 14:35 +0000
                Re: Flash Folderol <general@musically.me.uk> - 2015-10-29 13:47 +0000
                Re: Flash The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-29 13:50 +0000
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                Re: Flash - Warning. Even more off topic! Folderol <general@musically.me.uk> - 2015-10-29 15:55 +0000
                Re: Flash - Warning. Even more off topic! "Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2015-10-31 13:08 +0000
                Re: Flash alister <alister.nospam.ware@ntlworld.com> - 2015-10-29 15:25 +0000
                Re: Flash rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-29 13:18 -0400
                Re: Flash Rob <nomail@example.com> - 2015-10-29 15:26 +0000
                Re: Flash rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-29 13:06 -0400
                Re: Flash rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-29 05:00 -0400
                Re: Flash The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2015-10-29 10:21 +0000
                Re: Flash Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-29 19:57 -0400
                Re: Flash Folderol <general@musically.me.uk> - 2015-10-30 07:10 +0000
                Re: Flash Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2015-10-29 19:47 -0400
                Re: Flash Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2015-10-30 12:13 +0000
            Re: Flash Wayne Chirnside <frank@fuax.com> - 2015-10-29 17:20 +0000
            Re: Flash Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2015-10-29 19:50 +0100
              Re: Flash druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2015-10-29 23:42 +0000
                Re: Flash Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-10-30 10:12 +0000
                Re: Flash Robert Riches <spamtrap42@jacob21819.net> - 2015-10-31 00:33 +0000
                Re: Flash Dr J R Stockton <reply1500@merlyn.demon.co.uk.invalid> - 2015-10-30 22:45 +0000
  Re: Flash "M.O.B. i L." <mobil@orbin.se> - 2015-10-26 19:35 +0100
    Re: Flash Wayne Chirnside <frank@fuax.com> - 2015-10-27 23:20 +0000
      Re: Flash druck <news@druck.org.uk> - 2015-10-28 01:56 +0000
        Re: Flash rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-10-27 22:20 -0400
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