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Re: Rolling Blackouts
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Thu, 10 May 2001 18:49:30 GMT
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Here are the predictions for Southern California summer of 2001:

1. Hottest summer in years
2. Rolling Blackouts on a daily basis
3. $3 a gallon gasoline

What it means to us personally:

Heat will cause us all to get heat stroke. No relief at home because we have
to conserve, heck even if we want to turn on the air conditioner it will
quickly be turned off by rolling blackouts, and finally we cannot drive
anywhere for relief becuse gas is too expensive.

Am I being pessimistic?

Scott



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  Re: Rolling Blackouts
 
(...) Perhaps people will start to realize the economic folly of living in the desert.... (23 years ago, 10-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Rolling Blackouts
 
For the second time I have now been victim of California's rolling blackouts. The first experience was a few months ago at home, and now today 5/8/01 here at work. For those of you not experiencing this wonderful phenomenon, it really sucks! This is (...) (23 years ago, 8-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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