Cyclone Debbie
Scott Bennett
13 Posts
Quote from Scott Bennett on April 7, 2017, 8:52 pmLongest and strongest cyclone I had ever experienced around 36hrs of getting blasted. I seriously don't ever want to see that kind of wind again. Family and I are safe but all the infrastructure is a mess. I must say I give Ergon Energex and the guys that came up from NSW credit - they have done a huge job (although I havent had my power on for a week and a half and unlikely to for a few more weeks) The electricity network was completely smashed down here and I appreciate the effort they put in. Telstra deserve special mention aswell. I give them an E for effort. They only decided to power up Dryander Site after I complained to politicians that I know. You don't really appreciate all these modern services till there gone. I might say aswell that when the NBN goes down it stays down with 0 effort to power up the sites if the mains power fails. I believe a much larger focus needs to go into stand alone power systems for each and every one of these mobile phone and NBN sites without at least 7 days of backup There is no reason this couldn't easily be achieved .
Longest and strongest cyclone I had ever experienced around 36hrs of getting blasted. I seriously don't ever want to see that kind of wind again. Family and I are safe but all the infrastructure is a mess. I must say I give Ergon Energex and the guys that came up from NSW credit - they have done a huge job (although I havent had my power on for a week and a half and unlikely to for a few more weeks) The electricity network was completely smashed down here and I appreciate the effort they put in. Telstra deserve special mention aswell. I give them an E for effort. They only decided to power up Dryander Site after I complained to politicians that I know. You don't really appreciate all these modern services till there gone. I might say aswell that when the NBN goes down it stays down with 0 effort to power up the sites if the mains power fails. I believe a much larger focus needs to go into stand alone power systems for each and every one of these mobile phone and NBN sites without at least 7 days of backup There is no reason this couldn't easily be achieved .