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From: wrf@mab.ecse.rpi.edu (Wm Randolph Franklin)
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Subject: Re: use of military resources in natural disasters
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Date: 11 Oct 89 03:36:38 GMT
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From: wrf@mab.ecse.rpi.edu (Wm Randolph Franklin)
In <9937@cbnews.ATT.COM> jwm@stdc.jhuapl.edu (Jim Meritt) writes:
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>I sort of wonder why there is a power shortage in Charleston, given that
>there is a nuclear submarine (trapped) pierside.  Any ideas?

I vaguely remember that when a surprise hurricane hit Hawaii a few years
ago (the weather sat was out), all the generators were out  so there was
no  available power to jump start  the generators.  They  tried to use a
nuclear  sub, but I   don't know  if  it  worked  because  of  different
frequencies and voltages.
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