Power surge at 10:45 ET!

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Power surge at 10:45 ET!

#1 Postby Skywatch_NC » Sun Feb 15, 2004 10:51 pm

Lights totally out briefly and WHOO it sure gave me a startle! :eek: :lol:

Had to go re-set my digital clock that was flashing. :wink:

Crazy weather, animal...whatever the cause... :roll:

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#2 Postby David » Sun Feb 15, 2004 10:56 pm

Hm..... im sure it wasn't lightning. Ice?
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#3 Postby Skywatch_NC » Sun Feb 15, 2004 10:59 pm

David wrote:Hm..... im sure it wasn't lightning. Ice?


We did have some sleet earlier in the late afternoon/evening and then some light freezing rain both for a brief time...so yes, some ice could have been the cause. :wink:
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#4 Postby ColdFront77 » Sun Feb 15, 2004 11:53 pm

I have lost power three, maybe four times since I've lived here in central Florida, (since June 2000).

One time was because a traffic accident somehow hit a portion of the line that my area is connected to.

Eric, it does indeed sound like it was from the ice in your area.

How brief was the outage?
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#5 Postby weatherlover427 » Mon Feb 16, 2004 12:03 am

We had several power surges and/or brief outages around the Christmas holidays, even one at midnight on Christmas Day itself ... probably due to people playing with their new toys (and the wet and damp wx that night too).
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#6 Postby JQ Public » Mon Feb 16, 2004 1:58 am

must be the snow/precip in the area...but its done for now...:( got a good little snow out of it!
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#7 Postby Skywatch_NC » Mon Feb 16, 2004 6:28 am

ColdFront77 wrote:I have lost power three, maybe four times since I've lived here in central Florida, (since June 2000).

One time was because a traffic accident somehow hit a portion of the line that my area is connected to.

Eric, it does indeed sound like it was from the ice in your area.

How brief was the outage?


It only lasted a few seconds.
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#8 Postby Skywatch_NC » Mon Feb 16, 2004 6:29 am

JQ Public wrote:must be the snow/precip in the area...but its done for now...:( got a good little snow out of it!



Here's a report from Halifax County NC:

Northern coastal plain

Halifax 1200 am 2-3 inches of snow/sleet far northwest ranging to dusting southeast at Enfield.
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