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Re:Rolling blackouts in California have power experts stumped by fencepost on Monday August 17, 2020 @07:05PM (#24193333)
One of the more impressive things I've seen with electricity is watching a transmission line into a local neighborhood turn orange and stretch to drape itself across a pickup truck parked in the wrong spot. Took a minute to realize what I'd just watched.
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Re:Rolling blackouts in California have power experts stumped by andrewflnr on Monday August 17, 2020 @09:41PM (#24194448)
You glowing orange from heat?
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Re:Rolling blackouts in California have power experts stumped by fencepost on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @09:14AM (#24210005)
Yep, only thing that made sense. There was a heavy storm going through and I was driving by at night, during the day probably wouldn't have been visible at all.
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