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WAPA UP AND RUNNING AFTER OUTAGES

February 24, 2000

by Source staff After power outages plagued St. Thomas and St. John residents on and off Tuesday afternoon, problems with Unit 13 caused widespread outages again Wednesday. Glenn Rothgeb, assistant executive director of the Water and Power Authority, said the problem was with a "faulty sealing steam regulator" on No. 13, WAPA's largest unit. However, Rothgeb said the problem "was not as bad as was originally thought," and as of 6 p.m. the unit was back on line and "limping along" at about 50 percent of capacity. The problems with Unit 13 took down feeders 6, 7 and 9 for several hours. WAPA spokeswoman Patricia Blake Simmonds said the problems with 13 were compounded by the fact that Unit 11 was also not available. Rothgeb said Unit 15, which had been down for a month undergoing a major overhaul, was almost ready to go back on line and could take some load off 13, but added that "it will be a couple of days before Unit 15 is fully reliable, as calibration and other adjustments must be made." Rothgeb said WAPA was doing all it could to keep the power on. He suggested, however, that customers hold off doing laundry if possible.

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-- Dee (T1Colt556@aol.com), February 24, 2000

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Yikes! Call the "format police"--I hate it when that happens. =(

-- Dee (T1Colt556@aol.com), February 24, 2000.

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WAPA UP AND RUNNING AFTER OUTAGES

February 24, 2000

by Source staff

After power outages plagued St. Thomas and St. John residents on and off Tuesday afternoon, problems with Unit 13 caused widespread outages again Wednesday.

Glenn Rothgeb, assistant executive director of the Water and Power Authority, said the problem was with a "faulty sealing steam regulator" on No. 13, WAPA's largest unit. However, Rothgeb said the problem "was not as bad as was originally thought," and as of 6 p.m. the unit was back on line and "limping along" at about 50 percent of capacity.

The problems with Unit 13 took down feeders 6, 7 and 9 for several hours. WAPA spokeswoman Patricia Blake Simmonds said the problems with 13 were compounded by the fact that Unit 11 was also not available.

Rothgeb said Unit 15, which had been down for a month undergoing a major overhaul, was almost ready to go back on line and could take some load off 13, but added that "it will be a couple of days before Unit 15 is fully reliable, as calibration and other adjustments must be made."

Rothgeb said WAPA was doing all it could to keep the power on. He suggested, however, that customers hold off doing laundry if possible.

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-- Dee (T1Colt556@aol.com), February 24, 2000.

so where is this?

-- Squirrel Hunter (nuts@upina.cellrelaytower), February 24, 2000.

Virgin Islands.

-- Dee (T1Colt556@aol.com), February 25, 2000.

What can I say???Even the Mighty One must Vacation now and Again!!!Long Live the (tan) Squirrel King!!!

-- The Squirrel King (StillNuts@upina.Tree), February 25, 2000.

LOL

-- Dee (T1Colt556@aol.com), February 25, 2000.

Dee & SK,

In a former life (before I became, ya know, like all responsible and stuff), I worked in the USVI on a passenger-carrying schooner for a couple of years. On the BEST days, MAYBE there was only one black or brownout.

SOP for the Islands. Nothing there works like it does here. Manana, baby!

Jimmy

-- Jimmy Splinters (inthe@dark.com), February 25, 2000.

See Jimmy...those squirrels have been busy for a long time. LOL

Seriously though, I'll take stateside utilities over the rest any day.

-- Dee (T1Colt556@aol.com), February 25, 2000.

Squirrels knock out power in the Virgin Islands. This is bad news for humanity, folks.

If the Squirrel King is in the Virgin Islands, it ain't for vacation. He must be in secret negotiations to ally himself with the island tree rodents to widen the front of his assualt. this poower outage is probably just a demonstration of his technique to the islands rodent residents.

But think of what squirrels in the Carribean have to eat: coconuts. To scale a squirrel up to a size to be able to eat such foods... I shudder to think. Squirrels the size of NFL linemen who eat coconuts the way common squirrels eat acorns.

Heaven help us if the Squirrel King ever succeeds in importing any of those behemoths into the US. We're in heap big trouble if he does. They wouldn't be stopped by steel high voltage power transmission line towers, they'd chew them down in no time flat. No power grid would be safe.

Shades of the Giant Rat of Summatra, we're doomed. Dommed, I tells ya'.

WW

-- Wildweasel (vtmldm@epix.net), February 25, 2000.

ROFL Good one.

-- Dee (T1Colt556@aol.com), February 25, 2000.