[BC] Handling power outages in storms

[Mark W. Croom]

One of our stations nearer the MN/IA border is off the air due to lack of
utility power (and no standby genny). (KJCY, St. Ansgar, IA)

Popped off Saturday morning at about 7:40 and hasn't had utility power since.
Apparently there are about 2.5 miles of line down not far from the site.

As of yesterday the power company was saying 2-3 days on the restoration.

*sigh*

I was over there on Saturday in near-blizzard conditions and the wind was
formidable. I have never seen so many different ways for power lines to move
in the wind within just a few miles' space.

Mark
MN


---------- Original Message -----------
From: "Bailey, Scott" <sbailey at nespower.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 13:07:57 -0600
Subject: RE: [BC] Handling power outages in storms

> Being these FMs are owned by corporate outfits, it makes me wonder if
> they do have generators at the sites, or was it the snow was so bad the
> generator just ran out of fuel, and no way to get up to the site.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net
> [mailto:broadcast-bounces at radiolists.net] On Behalf Of Scott Fybush
> Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2007 12:56 PM
> To: Broadcasters' Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [BC] Handling power outages in storms
> 
> Bailey, Scott wrote:
> > Scott,
> >   Are any of the FMs on in Cedar Rapids or Waterloo?
> 
> KHKE, one of the public radio stations there, lost its tower to 
> heavy icing and winds. The IPTV station in Iowa City was on reduced 
> power from
> 
> a generator as well. A newspaper article I found this morning said 
> the two big Waterloo FMs (105.7 and 107.9) were off. I don't know 
> about the status of any of the others. Nasty stuff. I won't complain 
> about the four more inches of snow we got here in Rochester last 
> night, that's for
> 
> sure...
> 
> s
> 
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