Damage reports

Sal · 10-30-2012, 10:44 AM

Here, near Buzzell Cove, small branches down but nothing serious. Power went out 5PM Monday and it's still not back. Neighborhood generators, including ours, have been humming. Propane companies must be happy.

Seems strange that electric power goes down but cable tv and internet
keep running. They must use stronger wires.

Slickcraft · 10-30-2012, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Sal

Here, near Buzzell Cove, small branches down but nothing serious. Power went out 5PM Monday and it's still not back. Neighborhood generators, including ours, have been humming. Propane companies must be happy.

Seems strange that electric power goes down but cable tv and internet
keep running. They must use stronger wires.

Power lines are always the top wires and take the blow shielding the lower tv and phone cables from many of the branch and tree hits.

NickNH · 10-30-2012, 11:04 AM

We heard from our Plow guy that a tree came down on our Power lines and pulled the electric box + off the house......fortunately no damage to the house or shed and we're closed up now so no rush for them to fix.....NH Elec Coop has their hands full....

Decent of him to check for us......he's going to take care of the whole thing....

DickR · 10-30-2012, 11:22 AM

Power went out on Long Island (at least my part on the northeast side) around 8pm, came back on around 10 this morning. There had been some flickering of lights for an hour or so before they went out for the night. Damage here is mainly tree pruning by the wind.

PaugusBayFireFighter · 10-30-2012, 11:22 AM

The cable and phone lines are usually fed power from a different source than the utilities. It's possible that the distribution point your cable company uses may still have power. Same reason why you might sometimes have electricity but your cable is out.
I can't tell you how many hours I have spent "babysitting" a downed wire during or after a storm on a fire truck. Sometimes we would sit there for the whole 24 hour shift waiting on the utility truck. I hated those days...don't miss it at all.

BroadHopper · 10-30-2012, 11:27 AM

All is quiet here, power out yesterday between 2:30 and 3:30, the pond did not overfill like Irene, and no noticeable damage.

10-30-2012, 11:04 AM	#3
NickNH Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 85 Thanks: 103 Thanked 14 Times in 11 Posts	Wentworth Shores Area - M'boro We heard from our Plow guy that a tree came down on our Power lines and pulled the electric box + off the house......fortunately no damage to the house or shed and we're closed up now so no rush for them to fix.....NH Elec Coop has their hands full.... Decent of him to check for us......he's going to take care of the whole thing....

10-30-2012, 11:27 AM	#6
BroadHopper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 5,669 Thanks: 3,285 Thanked 1,132 Times in 814 Posts	Wildwood Village All is quiet here, power out yesterday between 2:30 and 3:30, the pond did not overfill like Irene, and no noticeable damage. __________________ Someday may never be an actual day.

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10-30-2012, 10:44 AM	#1
Sal Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 311 Thanks: 103 Thanked 169 Times in 53 Posts	Here, near Buzzell Cove, small branches down but nothing serious. Power went out 5PM Monday and it's still not back. Neighborhood generators, including ours, have been humming. Propane companies must be happy. Seems strange that electric power goes down but cable tv and internet keep running. They must use stronger wires.

10-30-2012, 11:22 AM	#4
DickR Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Moultonborough Posts: 765 Thanks: 4 Thanked 260 Times in 172 Posts	Power went out on Long Island (at least my part on the northeast side) around 8pm, came back on around 10 this morning. There had been some flickering of lights for an hour or so before they went out for the night. Damage here is mainly tree pruning by the wind.

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10-30-2012, 11:22 AM	#5
PaugusBayFireFighter Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 837 Thanks: 361 Thanked 674 Times in 264 Posts	The cable and phone lines are usually fed power from a different source than the utilities. It's possible that the distribution point your cable company uses may still have power. Same reason why you might sometimes have electricity but your cable is out. I can't tell you how many hours I have spent "babysitting" a downed wire during or after a storm on a fire truck. Sometimes we would sit there for the whole 24 hour shift waiting on the utility truck. I hated those days...don't miss it at all.