waialua Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 Parts of California have serious wild fire problems due to high winds from the east. My heart goes out to all those who are caught up in this. While we do live in the high desert, we do not have those destructive winds or the fire danger. Should anyone need placement of their hounds temporarily please contact us through this greyhound group. We have plenty of space for extra hounds and people. Bishop is not exactly close to anywhere, but we are safe from the fires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macoduck Posted October 25, 2019 Share Posted October 25, 2019 That's very nice of you to offer to help. Quote Freshy (Droopys Fresh), NoAh the podenco orito, Howie the portuguese podengo maneto Angels: Rita the podenco maneta, Lila, the podenco, Mr X aka Denali, Lulu the podenco andaluz, Hada the podenco maneta, Georgie Girl (UMR Cordella), Charlie the iggy, Mazy (CBR Crazy Girl), Potato, my mystery ibizan girl, Allen (M's Pretty Boy), Percy (Fast But True), Mikey (Doray's Patuti), Pudge le mutt, Tessa the iggy, Possum (Apostle), Gracie (Dusty Lady), Harold (Slatex Harold), "Cousin" Simon our step-iggy, Little Dude the iggy ,Bandit (Bb Blue Jay), Niña the galgo, Wally (Allen Hogg), Thane (Pog Mo Thoine), Oliver (JJ Special Agent), Comet, & Rosie our original mutt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeh2o Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 My friends were evacuated all day yesterday, so from about 7:45am - 6:45pm we had 110 greyhounds and 1 galgo at my house! They went home and the electricity was back on, too. I can't believe in 2019 rolling blackouts are even a discussion. Our utility companies need to be public, there should never be stock holders for such things Quote Sunsands Doodles: Doodles aka Claire, Bella Run Softly: Softy aka Bowie (the Diamond Dog) Missing my beautiful boy Sunsands Carl 2.25.2003 - 4.1.2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remolacha Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 4 minutes ago, seeh2o said: My friends were evacuated all day yesterday, so from about 7:45am - 6:45pm we had 110 greyhounds and 1 galgo at my house! They went home and the electricity was back on, too. I can't believe in 2019 rolling blackouts are even a discussion. Our utility companies need to be public, there should never be stock holders for such things I hope you meant 10 greyhounds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmdsmoxie Posted October 26, 2019 Share Posted October 26, 2019 29 minutes ago, Remolacha said: I hope you meant 10 greyhounds LOL I was thinking the same thing. Even with their rolling blackouts PG&E still caused one of the two big wildfires. You can't keep shutting the power off every time the weather conditions become dry and windy out there. there must be 5 or 6 times a year the conditions are like that and how do restaurants and businesses survive? How about all the spoiled food in people's homes if the outage goes for a few days. Not being an electrician I don't know the answer to this. In your house if something shorts out you would blow a circuit breaker. I know there is a lot more power running through the lines so I assume there are no circuit breakers big enough to put on the lines so when a line goes down or a transformer gets hit that the circuit would blow. We have all seen the wires or transformer just sparking away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryJane Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Logic would dictate that the electric lines should get buried underground so the chance of this happening would be less. Europe has about 40% of their lines underground. This could work in California and places where there are severe winter storms causing outages for weeks. Much more expensive to initially put in underground lines but, savings in the long term would be considerable in terms of lost lives and property destruction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undergrounding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Time4ANap Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 5 hours ago, MaryJane said: Logic would dictate that the electric lines should get buried underground so the chance of this happening would be less. Europe has about 40% of their lines underground. This could work in California and places where there are severe winter storms causing outages for weeks. Much more expensive to initially put in underground lines but, savings in the long term would be considerable in terms of lost lives and property destruction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undergrounding The problem isn't the lines running to homes, but is the high voltage lines that bring electricity to the area that were causing most of the fires. I think all home lines should be buried as we've always had way fewer outages when the lines were buried on our various homes. The high voltage lines open up a whole new set of problems for installation and maintenance due to the space required and the logistics of installation and maintenance. They are much more complex than the lines running to your home. Typically the high voltage lines are about 230,000 volts. Although this document is written by an energy company, it does give you an idea of what's involved with the high voltage lines when installed underground. In a few of the places where we've lived, the water table alone would have prohibited this, and here in AZ the caliche a few feet down in the ground would make it impossible as well. The caliche is why there are few basements here, and it costs 3-4 times the normal cost to install a pool here in many areas. Quote Camp Broodie. The current home of Mark Kay Mark Jack and Gracie Kiowa Safe Joan. Always missing my boy Rocket Hi Noon Rocket, Allie Phoenix Dynamite, Kate Miss Kate, Starz Under Da Starz, Petunia MW Neptunia, Diva Astar Dashindiva, and LaVida I've Got Life Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seeh2o Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 LOL, yes, 10 greyhounds and 1 galgo! Here is a little video of them being sooo stressed out. https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZYzH7tpobT3UG5G47 Let me know if you have problems with the link. Quote Sunsands Doodles: Doodles aka Claire, Bella Run Softly: Softy aka Bowie (the Diamond Dog) Missing my beautiful boy Sunsands Carl 2.25.2003 - 4.1.2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remolacha Posted October 27, 2019 Share Posted October 27, 2019 Oh dear, the level of stress and anxiety! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
45MPHK9 Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 11 hours ago, MaryJane said: Logic would dictate that the electric lines should get buried underground so the chance of this happening would be less. Europe has about 40% of their lines underground. This could work in California and places where there are severe winter storms causing outages for weeks. Much more expensive to initially put in underground lines but, savings in the long term would be considerable in terms of lost lives and property destruction. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undergrounding https://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/Put-PG-E-s-power-lines-underground-It-can-be-14565060.php?fbclid=IwAR3GWPU0NqU1DlOe8AakET3Nxpm-j_rfd8uCMayt2aFk-00hHUmd6ZMuqso Quote Tricia with Kyle, our senior mutt dog Always missing Murray Maldives, Bee Wiseman, River, Hopper, Kaia, and Holly Oaks Holly“You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.“ -Bob Dylan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lexi Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Wow, that's one stressed out looking bunch of dogs. Hope you were able to get them to relax later. Quote Lexi (mom to Nok, the former feral black kitty) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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