I have photos and screenshots I wanted to post, but I can’t figure out how. I took them myself so there’s no URL to link.
I wasn’t sure where to post this as it is truly a “Skunk Works” type of post…however I have no solid theory yet.
I live in Vermont near the Canadian border. For those who don’t know, my area is expected to get the best view of the eclipse and as a result there are estimated to be several hundred thousand extra people in the area within the next day or so. Local and state government have prepared for major traffic jams, cellular phone outages, and lean grocery store shelves. It is now about 0300 local time on Sunday. A majority of the larger parking lots in the area are full, motels are filling up with people who made reservations years in advance in many cases, and staples in grocery stores are already wiped out for the most part.
Three days ago we had a significant snowstorm for this time of year. Below, I intended to show you how almost all of the many power outages from that snowstorm have been resolved, but I can’t post the screenshots. We have two electrical utilities whom provide almost all the electricity in the state, those being Vermont Electric Cooperative and Green Mountain Power.
There is a large Doubletree Hotel and conference center located at the junction of interstate 89 and route two, at the Burlington-South Burlington city line. I drive past there or through the parking lot almost every day. Friday night and Saturday morning I observed nothing unusual except slightly more cars than normal.
I drove through just a short time ago and was shocked at what I saw. There was row after row of electrical utility trucks from a company called Holland. I gave up counting at 40 trucks; I would estimate there are 50 to 60 total. I had never heard of the company before so I looked them up online. They are a disaster power restoration company with offices close to me in Quebec and Maine. Among the bucket trucks and work trucks are two mobile command posts.
All of this is in a wide open parking lot for anyone to view.
Since these were not here Friday night, and most local power outages have been dealt with, I’m guessing these trucks are staged here for a different purpose. Does it have to do with the eclipse? Is there a lingering fear of devastating earthquakes in this area? I’m not sure. What are your thoughts?
I wasn’t sure where to post this as it is truly a “Skunk Works” type of post…however I have no solid theory yet.
I live in Vermont near the Canadian border. For those who don’t know, my area is expected to get the best view of the eclipse and as a result there are estimated to be several hundred thousand extra people in the area within the next day or so. Local and state government have prepared for major traffic jams, cellular phone outages, and lean grocery store shelves. It is now about 0300 local time on Sunday. A majority of the larger parking lots in the area are full, motels are filling up with people who made reservations years in advance in many cases, and staples in grocery stores are already wiped out for the most part.
Three days ago we had a significant snowstorm for this time of year. Below, I intended to show you how almost all of the many power outages from that snowstorm have been resolved, but I can’t post the screenshots. We have two electrical utilities whom provide almost all the electricity in the state, those being Vermont Electric Cooperative and Green Mountain Power.
There is a large Doubletree Hotel and conference center located at the junction of interstate 89 and route two, at the Burlington-South Burlington city line. I drive past there or through the parking lot almost every day. Friday night and Saturday morning I observed nothing unusual except slightly more cars than normal.
I drove through just a short time ago and was shocked at what I saw. There was row after row of electrical utility trucks from a company called Holland. I gave up counting at 40 trucks; I would estimate there are 50 to 60 total. I had never heard of the company before so I looked them up online. They are a disaster power restoration company with offices close to me in Quebec and Maine. Among the bucket trucks and work trucks are two mobile command posts.
All of this is in a wide open parking lot for anyone to view.
Since these were not here Friday night, and most local power outages have been dealt with, I’m guessing these trucks are staged here for a different purpose. Does it have to do with the eclipse? Is there a lingering fear of devastating earthquakes in this area? I’m not sure. What are your thoughts?
