[EAS] Rochester Station Offers to Charge Cell Phones

[Suzanne Goucher]

There was much the same criticism of Central Maine Power after the Maine Ice Storm of 1998 (we were without power for 8 days at home, many were without for 14+ days, and a couple of broadcast towers collapsed).  The weather service called it a 500-year event.  It's not practical to bury so much power line underground in a rural state, which is the only way to protect against "fragility" in such an extreme event.  Lesson learned:  Preparedness.  Not extreme apocalyptic survivalism, but it's good to have two weeks of food and water, a couple of Life Straws, a source of light, an alternative heat source and cooking source, and at least two weeks of CLEAN UNDERWEAR. :). And remember, in an emergency, cash is king.

> On Mar 10, 2017, at 7:25 PM, Tim Stoffel <tim at knpb.org> wrote:
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> n 1992, when I lived there, a major ice storm knocked out power to many areas of Rochester for up to 10 days. There was much criticism of the utility then about the fragility of the electric grid.