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Originally Posted by MakoMike
How did the power to Nantucket get cut?
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Nantucket has their own generators. I heard a sub station on the island fried and caused the generator(s) to fail and a cascade problem island wide of some sort. (But this was hearsay)
I don't think they have a power cable to the mainland but they may by now. MV has 3 conduits that cross the sound. Every 10 years or so one goes and they need to replace it. A couple years ago two went and it was peak summer load. They had the on island back up generators and a lot of portable equipment running all summer. These things are B I G. I think Obama had one just for him. I recall a few years ago a big boat (a mega yacht)anchored in the sound and snagged on to one and actually pulled it to within sight at the surface before figuring out what he just did. That caused all kind of issues.
I bet NE has a mini "baby boom" of sorts next Oct/Nov
with all this time off.