Alton Power Outage

[DRH]

Has anyone heard what caused the power outage in West Alton this morning? The power went out at 9:00 AM this morning and was out about 1 1/2 hours. According to the NHEC website, only 57 subscribers were affected. Just curious if anyone knows the cause?

[Slickcraft]

No indication of power out here. There are 3 legs of the 3 phase that come up 11D, we must be on a different leg from you. We walked on 11D this afternoon and then drove the length and did not notice anything.

[IslandRadio]

No outage on Rattlesnake Island. The equipment there shows an "uptime" of 65 days.... practically a record :D

Rattlesnake is fed from West Alton.

Regards, Steve

[smith point boater]

There was no outage at Smith Point either

[upthesaukee]

No outage on Rand Hill Road... while we were not home during that time, none of the 2,351 electronic time displays in the house were flashing, indicating to me that there was no power failure at our house. Thank goodness. :D

[DRH]

Thanks for the feedback. Whatever the cause, it appears to have been very localized. I listened to the scanner during the outage and heard nothing about it even on the NHEC frequencies.

[IslandRadio]

No outage on Rand Hill Road... while we were not home during that time, none of the 2,351 electronic time displays in the house were flashing, indicating to me that there was no power failure at our house. Thank goodness. :D

I had to mention something about the electronic time displays. The power goes out SO often where I live that pretty much every important clock in the house is now a battery operated "Atomic" (meaning it is set by the clock at the national bureau of standards (or whatever it is called these days)).

Had the same problem - every device was off by some period of time due to the frequent outages. Those so-called atomic clocks are GREAT!

[Slickcraft]

I had to mention something about the electronic time displays. The power goes out SO often where I live that pretty much every important clock in the house is now a battery operated "Atomic" (meaning it is set by the clock at the national bureau of standards (or whatever it is called these days)).

Had the same problem - every device was off by some period of time due to the frequent outages. Those so-called atomic clocks are GREAT!

We never set the clocks on the microwave and stove for that reason. When my brother in law comes to visit he is always obsessed to set those clocks to the correct time. We say nothing allowing him a bit of satisfaction unaware that the effort will be negated within the week.

[Kamper]

This is a reminder to be prepared. At a minimum have extra blankest and a flashlight so you can get through the first night.

Stay warm every one!