From: allisellis851@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, October 11, 2019 at 3:57:17 PM UTC-5, Frank wrote:   
   > On Fri, 11 Oct 2019 08:58:39 -0700, James Ryan wrote:   
   >    
   > > poweroutage.us    updates about every ten minutes. Click on their website   
   > > for an update.  Mississippi 240  Illinois 2,405     
   >    
   > Right now, the website says Illinois has 353 power failures out of 5.4   
   million customers.  Mississippi has 953 power failures with just over 1   
   million customers.   
   >    
   > Nearly everybody in both states are getting their power right now and I   
   don't see much significance in these numbers.     
   >    
   > > I sort of kind of think   
   > > if you check around in Illinois you will find lots of homes/people who   
   > > have short power outages several times each year.   
   >    
   > Sure, I can lose power because of lightning strikes but it comes back in a   
   few seconds or minutes.  The clock on my microwave oven drops out.  I haven't   
   had a power failure of over an hour for a few years.   
   >    
   > I think we get even fewer of these glitches at work.   
   >    
   > ComEd installed "smart meters" for their customers.  These meters report   
   back power use and power failures by radio.  No more meter readers and ComEd   
   knows about power failures immediately, often before I do.  I know it's doing   
   SOMETHING, because it's    
   another damned RFI source.  Sheesh.   
      
   Every state gets power outages, it no big deal, even for loony California. A   
   packed house in Lake Charles, Louisiana tonight for Trump rally.     
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