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Hurricane Sandy Victims: 'We are living like animals'
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 27558228:MV8yMDQ3ODczXzM0NDE3MDI0X0U5OUE5RUI2] [quote:El Tiburon:MV8yMDQ3ODczXzM0NDE1NTYxXzUxNUVBNTVE] [quote:Anonymous Coward 25664589:MV8yMDQ3ODczXzM0NDExMzE5XzlCMkI1MDRE] [quote:Anonymous Coward 27433840:MV8yMDQ3ODczXzM0NDEwOTU4XzNENkI0NzZD] if they put the powerlines underground, nobody would have lost power. Plus, they don't gotta cut down all the trees a long the roads. It's expensive to bury the powerlines though, so they don't do it. I don't know too much about it, maybe it's expensive because they don't have enough equipment to do it on a large scale. I can't imagine though, it's less expensive when they have to replace all those transformers. Here the underground lines just have metal boxes on the ground, I've never seen anyone do maintenance on them in 20 years. They are built to last decades with virtually no maintenance. Nobody strings fiber optic cables along telephone poles, why do it with power lines? [/quote] A lot of the wiring was underground but these areas flooded and the wiring was destroyed. [/quote] Sorry but you are WRONG! Underground Power and data cables are pressurized... This low pressure is applied at a constant rate to keep moisture out... How do I know this? Because I used to work for Ma Bell.. Air pressure for data cables and oil pressure for HV or high voltage cables. [/quote] what crap. we have underground power , they run it under floodplains and even rivers. [/quote]
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*An estimated 300 residents in Hicksville, Long Island, took to the street on Saturday, protesting the Long Island Power Authority for ongoing power outages
*There are still over a quarter million New York customers without power
*Early on Saturday more than 500 people lined up in Far Rockaway with empty fuel cans
Click the link to see the pictures, these people are REALLY living in Squallor...
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link to www.dailymail.co.uk
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Katrina all over again.
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