17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
3:17 p.m.
At 10:15 AM 8/12/96 -0800, jim bell wrote:
This morning, I read the new claim: extreme heat (presumably assisted by heat dissipated in the power line itself) cause the power cables near The Dalles (about 100 miles east of Portland, along the Columbia river) to stretch and sag, eventually shorting themselves out to trees near the ground.
The real cause was inadequate supply of nuclear power plants caused by technophobe agitation. DCF