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Originally Posted by Kelsie52
That leads to a question I have about power outages
We visited in July and as many others have said --fell in love with TV hope to be bask in February and will most likely buy since I will be retiring in August.
Does TV experience many outages during the year ? What is the usual duration of the outage if any
Do people buy back up generators ?
I work for the Utility here in NY and Outages are not that common unless there is a extended heat wave or violent winds that cause overhead wire damage. Outages are fairly short in duration so Back up generation is mostly limited to what we call "sensetive customers" Hospitals, nursing homes,etc
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I can't say because we only moved down in March and live here fulltime now.
What I can tell you is that all the utility lines are underground so a LIPA style power outage wouldn't happen. This morning's outage appeared to be limited in scope, mainly toward the southern tier of The Villages and lasted about an hour. I suspect that possibly a transformer malfunctioned or a cable broke. We do have an awful lot of construction going on in this area so who knows.
I've been told by other folks who have lived here longer that the power doesn't go out very often. The last time they had a power outage of such magnitude that you might want to have a generator was in the hurricane season of 2004.
What you really want to be concerned about is the fact that this is the lightning strike capital of the world. Since last summer when we first came down, three houses here in TV have been struck by lightning and burned to the ground. The lightning show is quite impressive. I just don't like sitting so close to the stage. Otherwise, it really is a nice place to live.
-Dave-