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Wayward Branch Causes Power BlipStaff reports - October 31, 2007
NORTH ADAMS - A branch that bounced off a power line near the National Grid substation in Adams caused a blip that reset clocks and computers in Adams, North Adams, Clarksburg, Williamstown, Clarksburg and Stamford, Vt., on Monday.
Deborah Drew, spokeswoman for National Grid, said on Tuesday that a company was cutting trees in the area when a tree limb apparently hit one of the two supply lines coming out of the station at about 7:58 p.m.
She declined to name the company.
The power didn't shut off, but in some cases it blinked long enough to reset electrical appliances, such as computers. Those in the affected areas saw their lights flash once or twice before coming back on. Street lights in Adams and North Adams were out a little longer before the automatic systems came back on.
The redundancies built into the system prevented the sustained loss of power, said Drew. "It showed that the system was working the way it should."
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