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AC lesson:

After the storm: We had electricity, I set the Temp at 76. Normally 79-80 in daytime for energy conservation.

Post storm: The humidity was high, we and floors felt sticky. Chose to set at 76. Everyone felt better and house humidity improved. It went back up yesterday --Sunday--one week post storm. The lesson for me is we felt better which I think, retrospectively, is not a minor consideration. It reduced stress by being comfortable. We are part of the FPL brown out of reducing energy when the broader system needs it. It save 12$ in season /month. FPL didn't need to reduce delivery where it was returned.

This now becomes part of the plan to set temp lower in same or similar circumstances.

Wren, trying to reorder the chart. Broward County only.

OUT- 12,990

RESTORED-781,570

AFFECTED--794,560

TOTAL--933,300 served in county.

Bummer, they are in the last phase (last 12.990) to be fixed. Methinks there was something significant about how they got hit.

Like Donnie's friend, his transformer fell. His target fix day was Thrus or fri. They came back to fix it. The transformer was stolen. Took two more days. He got power back yesterday Sun. He had two odd occurrences. Each occurrence dropped him to a lower priority. Initially he was in the secondary or tertiary, but then they had to get a transformer. A parts delay.

On Thurs last, I watched the Orlando Utilities Company explain how the process worked.

Critical fixes first. Hospital, nursing homes. Not sure what else is on the critical list

Primary fixes after criticals are in a grid, and takes 15 minutes or less. Primary fixes highest priority after criticals

Secondary fixes are more complex, but still short things with access.

Tertiary fixes more complex. Major access problem i.e. flooding, substation without access, substation rendered inoperable b/c of whatever.

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It may be worth a question to the controlling power company in a week or so. Why so long? Knowing the answer can lead to another question. How do we avoid this in the future?

1. If it was an "act of God" type thing i.e couldn't have been predicted. OH well. It is what it was.

2. It may have been forseeable, that they will now correct for the future. i.e. flood control that can be corrected, site prep for a substation, upgrading equipment.

Personally, while a forseeable failure just frosts your coffee. They will correct it. Also, knowing the answers to the two questions, allows the affected folks to follow up with the power folks to make sure corrections are made.

When I wrote about minimal affect on my community. In addition to the protection of the barrier islands and aggressive surface water management and flood control, codes are strictly enforced.

Housing concrete block. Stick houses (frame) don't do well in a blow. Standards after Andrew seriously changed. Oodles of building code requirements according to Miami-Dade Broward counties. Guessing they are the highest standard in the world.

Trees and debri. Homeowners do allot of property management. I have taken down 19 slash pines over the years. Hated to cut down a living thing. But slash pines can be several stories high. Regretfully, my lot is treeless now. Most coming down was 12 at one time, prior to new concrete drive. It was logical for several compelling reasons. Heavily influenced by neighbor that had several on their house with structural damage & pool enclosure which was a total loss with a blow. I even took down a neighbors tree when he refused b/c it was oddly weighted at an angle over my screen enclosure. Tree removal was $250 for that single tree(cheap). Pool enclosure would be about 10-20 K. No brainer. Rescreening alone after 2004 was 5700$. Roof was relatively cheap b/c there was only shingle damage, but it was cheaper to fully replace. Nothing structural.

My forseeable risk now, is neighbors on both sides haven't been as proactive re: slash pines & other trees. That's always a worry. Regretfully, if they come on my property in a blow, that's seen as an "Act of God". I'm responsible for the damage, they aren't. I wish the law would change in that regard. It would force homeowners to become even more proactive.

Ahhhh Eeyore, "How tall does the tree grow" "How many ways does this suck". CHIT. Yes, that first 'something' after the NG comes out is special. It truly is special. Even more special, if you don't vomit. That's the ah-hah moment. They move you to the next level. So, hope it goes well.

Once had a women that was a TPN Total Parenteral Nutrition for weeks. The big milk bag. She was transitioned off by clear liquids along with TPN still running. Then the TPN was stopped. Asked what she wanted for her first real meal. "A mounds bar". Cleared it with the doc. Dietary said they couldn't do it. I said "This woman hasn't eaten in x amount of time what can we do to make this happen?". Everyone got into it and it happened. Such a happy lady.

Out of body experiences. Once had an 02 tank blow. I was trying to show a new kid how to do it safely. WHO HOO , It blew. I found myself many feet behind the scenario, looking at me collapsed next to the tank. The ER people were running everywhere. The curtains were flying.

At a given point I said I had to get back into my body and turn it off. I did. The sound was crushing before and after. I decided to jump back in. In the moments of out of body, it was total silence. I just observed everyone's movement.

I know this all seems totally crazy, but that's what happened. Told here for the first time. I knew no one would believe me about the out of body experience at the time. Since found it is normal

Mari?????? Paradise?

Mamma, This is where we all become significant in the thread. We accept....all the thoughts... You have a list that you can call in the middle of the night.. Terribly important......add me to the list. Coming here on Insomniacs is a way to release in the middle of the night. But a real voice to talk too............. no comparison. Voices are connectedness that compare to nothing else.

I know you have connectedness to many, you are blessed.

I'm up.....it' 12: 11 Wed, Sept 20th Yay we have a day.