From RISKS DIGEST:
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 11:05:43 -0400
From: "R. Mercuri"
Subject: Electrical Fires in Queens
I don't know why the National news, or RISKS, isn't covering the electrical
fires in Queens. There's been a series of power outages, exacerbated by
fires that start off more fires. The news footage on NY TV stations is
astonishing – burning wires in the air, and explosions in manholes. The NY
Times had an article at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/22/nyregion/22cnd-power.html?hp&ex=1153627200&en=c53052af5d9b3841&ei=5094&partner=homepage
and there's a community paper with a scary photo at:
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=16946439&BRD=2731&PAG=461&dept_id=574903&rfi=6
but otherwise there hasn't been much or consistent coverage by the major US
media (see google news: electrical fires astoria), even though thousands
have been without power, now for a week. Residents, business owners, and
local leaders are becoming peeved at being ignored (including by Governor
Pataki who's been refusing to declare the area a disaster).
[The outage lasted for about a week, but the aging underground
infrastructure is most likely still fragile and vulnerable to more
such outages. Some of the wiring apparently dated to the beginning
of the previous century. PGN]
(((Who sez sci-fi writers (along with green architects) can't predict the future:)))
https://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.01/futuretekture.html
