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Yonnie3

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1. I very much recall this storm

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Oct 11, 2021, 07:32 AM

Oct 2021

I was working in a Charlottesville factory that manufactured circuit boards. It took me four hours and a chainsaw to go five miles to work.

The power would come back on and overly optimistic management would instruct us to start the equipment. Then the power would go back out. It was a long day.

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On October 10, 1979, I woke up to the sound of an arcing electric utility power line. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2021 OP

I very much recall this storm Yonnie3 Oct 2021 #1

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