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When we built our present home back in 1992, my neighbor approached me and asked if I wanted the power line between our houses buried rather than run from pole to pole. He offered to call the power company if I would share the cost with him. We both told the power company we would pay all costs associated with placing the line underground. They refused to even consider it. Mind you, we already had underground power from the poles to our houses, so it wasn't a big stretch to bury another 400 feet between our properties. NO DICE! No reason, but they refused to even talk about it.
Also, from what I saw at the grocery store after work today,along with a lot of bottled water, make sure to stock up on plenty of beer, chips, and other assorted junk foods. Don't want to be stranded too long without those "necessities" on hand.
I was behind a college student in line yesterday...that's what he bought,
a case of beer, chips, water...
When we built our present home back in 1992, my neighbor approached me and asked if I wanted the power line between our houses buried rather than run from pole to pole. He offered to call the power company if I would share the cost with him. We both told the power company we would pay all costs associated with placing the line underground. They refused to even consider it. Mind you, we already had underground power from the poles to our houses, so it wasn't a big stretch to bury another 400 feet between our properties. NO DICE! No reason, but they refused to even talk about it.
I was told once that it might have something to do with running into too much bedrock etc. but if they are capable of putting fiber optic underground then why not power lines? Plus other countries have managed to do so,so why not here?
I am on city water, so if I lose power, will my toilets flush?
Toilets don't require power to flush. If, however, there is a broken water supply line somewhere, you can still utilize your toilet by filling up the tank if you have enough water. That's why some people will put a shower curtain on the bottom of their bathtub and fill it up with water -- so they have enough water for things like flushing the toilet.
Our little mtn road of 4 houses has underground utilities, though no cable 'up here'...
And, a few other house sections have UGU on our mtn.
But, running down the mtn for much of the 4 mile road distance to the main roads, the utilities are above ground; thus, we are at the whim of nature for those lines below us.
Therefore, most of us have whole/almost whole house gens, up here.
This rain situ could be The Straw, in terms of current ground moisture/soaked conditions we have locally, and I can hardly wait for the monster wind speeds and wind driven rain, at our altitude and situ here on the mtn ridge.
Like Petty sang, "Waiting is the hardest part"...
GL, mD
WE grew up in SW Florida for our first 42 years most in more rural areas and have been thru a number of close calls with hurricanes including Andrew . We wanted a change of life style and moved to Yancey County 20 years ago . We have never had issues with underground power for many homes we have built over the years ether including my own but nothing says I won't loose power down line some where ! But beyond that I'm not very concerned about the remains of this hurricane by the time it reaches us .
We live in a valley with large hills on 270* around us all with in a few hundred yards that tend to reduce any wind in the valley and beyond them the mountains around us tends to reduce the amount of wind we and rain in general too compared to most of the mountain areas . Flooding is not a concern for use even if the creeks come over there banks as our basement is I'm around 20 feet about the creeks . I have a generator wired in to the house and its hooked to a full under ground full propane tank that can be used as needed for water pump , cooking , hot water or heat as needed . So what to do for us is more about waiting for it to blow it self out so things can get back to normal .
Flooding is not an immediate issue at our elevation. Wind can be an issue, and power is occasionally an issue, but not as much as you might think. Over the past several years it's only been off a few times, and never more than 24 hours. (Hard to type with one hand while knocking on wood with the other! LOL)
The power lines coming up the mountain are all above ground, the fiber optic coming up the mountain is all below ground. Rock must not be a big issue as fast as they got that fiber into the neighborhoods up here.
Be safe, stay dry, to all!
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