High temps may cause electrical outages!

Forsyth MO - After having a conversation with the Liberty Utility folks who provide power to my area, I came to the conclusion that during periods of higher than normal use, some areas can expect power outages to become more the norm rather than the exception.

After experiencing an outage on Friday, July 19 that lasted for a number of hours, I received this email test after complaining to Liberty Utilities (see post entitled July 19 power Outage:

'Unfortunately we cannot promise service 24/7 but when we do experience an outage we respond as quickly and safely as possible. We did have and issue with a substation,  we can’t predict when this might happen however with the extremely high heat index we have experienced that may cause extra load on our equipment. With our lineman responding quickly and our customers conserving usage we will do our best to make sure outages are as infrequent as possible.'

The admission that high heat indices, like the 110 degree one expected on this date (August 12, 2019), lead me to issue my very first prediction....

'Look for numerous and widespread power outages all across southwest Missouri to occur as outdated and insufficient power grid resources are anticipated to fail under the increased load caused by so many AC units running like mad.'

That is my prediction in the early morning hours of the day. I'll sit back as now watch to see what occurs....