Bj”rn Forsstr”m (2:203/614.61) wrote to Steven Horn at 09:40 on 25 Dec 2003:

 BF> A blizzard came on sunday and took the power away for 2 days and it
 BF> was -15. Ice built up on the lines and made the poles go in 2
 BF> pices.
 BF> Then the weather changed to +6 on Christmas Eve and the snow melted
 BF> and this time whet snow made the treestops heavy and layed them
 BF> across the lines and short-circuit the 10 000 volt powerlines so
 BF> from 6 AM to 1 PM it was black again.

That kind of weather we get more of in Eastern Canada as here we don't get
that kind of snowfall or temperature shifts.  But I commisserate.
  
Take care,

Steven Horn (steven_a_horn{at}yahoo.ca)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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