Several days ago, I mentioned that under great strife, the US would be
up here helping us Canadians out.
Well, that statement was a little prophetic. Toronto area is going
through a major cold snap, ice storm and power went out last Friday
for hundreds of thousands of Torontonians. Even today, four days
later, over one hundred thousand are still without power. Our eunuch
of a Mayor is too ignorant to request disaster assistance.
A number of hydro workers from the US are here and more are on the way
to help us do repairs.
I just wanted to say "Thanks" to the US for the help that we're
receiving.
On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 22:54:22 -0500, [email protected] wrote:
>On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 18:16:52 -0800, "Lew Hodgett"
>>Crack a water valve open so the water keeps moving thru the pipes
>>which in turn, keeps pipes from freezing.
>
>Yup, but when you're forced to be out of your house for whatever
>reason, you worry anyway.
Big problem is when, like my friend's son's place in Scarbooney, you
need a sump pump to keep the basement from turning into a swimming
pool. By the time the power had been out for half an hout he and his
wife and 3 kids were running a bucket brigade to keep the basement
dry, while my friend threw the little 2500 watt generator in the back
of the Cadillac in Kitchener and headed down the 401 - where the
generator has been running pretty well steady for about 70 hours and
the basement is still dry. They were able to run the furnace for a few
hours, and heat up meals in a small crock-pot.
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Best friend lives out in Scarborough. His home was out from Friday
> to
> Monday morning. Must have been a real pain added to by lost food and
> the worry about bursting water pipes.
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Oldest trick in the world.
Crack a water valve open so the water keeps moving thru the pipes
which in turn, keeps pipes from freezing.
Lew
On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 11:09:15 -0500, FrozenNorth
>We were only out for 6 hours on Sunday, Sister in law was out for 41
>hours, we were lucky.
Best friend lives out in Scarborough. His home was out from Friday to
Monday morning. Must have been a real pain added to by lost food and
the worry about bursting water pipes.
Generally, I'm pretty lucky. I live in the centre of Toronto where
most hydro lines are buried so that kind of outage is very unusual.
Add to that the number of financial buildings near where I live and
electricity is usually the last thing I need to worry about.
On 12/24/2013 9:21 AM, [email protected] wrote:
>
> Several days ago, I mentioned that under great strife, the US would be
> up here helping us Canadians out.
>
> Well, that statement was a little prophetic. Toronto area is going
> through a major cold snap, ice storm and power went out last Friday
> for hundreds of thousands of Torontonians. Even today, four days
> later, over one hundred thousand are still without power. Our eunuch
> of a Mayor is too ignorant to request disaster assistance.
Ignorant, he's a idiot. My sympathies for having this joke as a mayor!
But then almost all politicians are jokes or criminals.
>
> A number of hydro workers from the US are here and more are on the way
> to help us do repairs.
>
> I just wanted to say "Thanks" to the US for the help that we're
> receiving.
>
--
Jeff
On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 09:36:21 -0500, woodchucker <[email protected]>
wrote:
>On 12/24/2013 9:21 AM, [email protected] wrote:
>>
>> Several days ago, I mentioned that under great strife, the US would be
>> up here helping us Canadians out.
>>
>> Well, that statement was a little prophetic. Toronto area is going
>> through a major cold snap, ice storm and power went out last Friday
>> for hundreds of thousands of Torontonians. Even today, four days
>> later, over one hundred thousand are still without power. Our eunuch
>> of a Mayor is too ignorant to request disaster assistance.
>Ignorant, he's a idiot. My sympathies for having this joke as a mayor!
>But then almost all politicians are jokes or criminals.
Or both
>>
>> A number of hydro workers from the US are here and more are on the way
>> to help us do repairs.
>>
>> I just wanted to say "Thanks" to the US for the help that we're
>> receiving.
>>
>>
>> A number of hydro workers from the US are here and more are on the way
>> to help us do repairs.
>>
>> I just wanted to say "Thanks" to the US for the help that we're
>> receiving.
Works both ways. I've seen the Frenchies from Quebec down here helping
out too. Linemen put in a lot of hours at a pretty good rate, but I'm
happy to pay it.
On 12/24/2013 1:38 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>>>
>>> A number of hydro workers from the US are here and more are on the way
>>> to help us do repairs.
>>>
>>> I just wanted to say "Thanks" to the US for the help that we're
>>> receiving.
>
> Works both ways. I've seen the Frenchies from Quebec down here helping
> out too. Linemen put in a lot of hours at a pretty good rate, but I'm
> happy to pay it.
Yep. We also see a lot of town to town, State to State helping each
other during outages, especially after hurricanes.
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On 12/24/2013 9:21 AM, [email protected] wrote:
>
> Several days ago, I mentioned that under great strife, the US would be
> up here helping us Canadians out.
>
> Well, that statement was a little prophetic. Toronto area is going
> through a major cold snap, ice storm and power went out last Friday
> for hundreds of thousands of Torontonians. Even today, four days
> later, over one hundred thousand are still without power. Our eunuch
> of a Mayor is too ignorant to request disaster assistance.
>
> A number of hydro workers from the US are here and more are on the way
> to help us do repairs.
>
> I just wanted to say "Thanks" to the US for the help that we're
> receiving.
>
We were only out for 6 hours on Sunday, Sister in law was out for 41
hours, we were lucky.
--
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The system will be down for 10 days for preventive maintenance.
On 12/24/2013 9:21 AM, [email protected] wrote:
>
> Several days ago, I mentioned that under great strife, the US would be
> up here helping us Canadians out.
>
> Well, that statement was a little prophetic. Toronto area is going
> through a major cold snap, ice storm and power went out last Friday
> for hundreds of thousands of Torontonians. Even today, four days
> later, over one hundred thousand are still without power. Our eunuch
> of a Mayor is too ignorant to request disaster assistance.
>
> A number of hydro workers from the US are here and more are on the way
> to help us do repairs.
>
> I just wanted to say "Thanks" to the US for the help that we're
> receiving.
>
By way of translation, 'hydro' in this case has nothing to do with water.
If you are in the US, substitute 'power'; we are talking power linemen (or
linepersons) helping get the distribution system back into operation after
the big ice storm took a lot of it down. I'm glad they're doing it but I'm
also glad that it isn't me working in those conditions -- working up a pole
is bad enough when the weather is good.
[email protected] wrote:
>
> ...except those from Georgia who were sent home, after traveling to NJ
> for the Sandy cleanup, because they were non-union. Amazing.
Really? That would be amazing!
--
-Mike-
[email protected]
On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 17:54:46 -0500, "Mike Marlow"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>[email protected] wrote:
>
>>
>> ...except those from Georgia who were sent home, after traveling to NJ
>> for the Sandy cleanup, because they were non-union. Amazing.
>
>Really? That would be amazing!
Some from Canada too IIRC
On Tue, 24 Dec 2013 15:01:27 -0600, Swingman <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 12/24/2013 1:38 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>>
>>>>
>>>> A number of hydro workers from the US are here and more are on the way
>>>> to help us do repairs.
>>>>
>>>> I just wanted to say "Thanks" to the US for the help that we're
>>>> receiving.
>>
>> Works both ways. I've seen the Frenchies from Quebec down here helping
>> out too. Linemen put in a lot of hours at a pretty good rate, but I'm
>> happy to pay it.
>
>Yep. We also see a lot of town to town, State to State helping each
>other during outages, especially after hurricanes.
...except those from Georgia who were sent home, after traveling to NJ
for the Sandy cleanup, because they were non-union. Amazing.