Re: [OM] Re: OT Re: Macs vs PCs; 16-bit apps

[Gregg Iverson]

We have had numerous short term blackouts this summer with almost daily 
lightening storms.  Even worse are the spikes.  I will hear the UPS respond 
mere moments before I hear the thunder - when the storm is not 
nearby.  Last winter we had ice knock out the power for eight days.  Which 
century is this???
gregg

> My entire office is supplied by a 3 kVA UPS. It feels soooo good when the
> > lights flicker, and I continue working on that image I've just spent 
> days on.
> Hey, unbelievable. Here I have uninterrupted 220v line current supply 365
> days continuously. But the roads are so bad and the fuel so expensive that
> you'd better with a donkey cart, which are becoming very common.
>
> Last blackout, about 2 years ago was due to an stupid hunter who shot an
> aerial high voltage main wire feeding Mvd. Another one, four years ago was
> due to a big south storm which broke the towers from which the wires hanged.


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