Saltwatching and risk management
The power just went in Colac for about an hour today. Many lives were affected and work stopped . Most (I trust) rejoiced that we could stop work and ....had a chance to do something extra ordinary....like think about life after the b grade ( apparently) episodes? .
Naturally, as a conscientious risk management person I asked why this million dollar deficit in work not done ,.... and as a planner(http://planningandenvironment) " how could this be avoided"
Actually I skipped work for a while while the power was off ... and that was wonderful .
So what's all this stuff got to do with salt .
Well its most likely that its salty water that shorted the system somewhere out in the drizzle niches. The dust collecting on isulators over the last six months was, in the half hour of drizzle that preceeded the failure, just enough to cause high conductivity on the surface of the insulators . A dangerous moment soon past as fresh rainwater dissipates the risk and erodes the soil and salt .So watch out or should we say wash out ( and dry).
Don't forget its Salt week this week - a good time to collect samples of water in your ecossystems Why ? Because its the time when salinity in stream and spring water is usually the highest and most predictive of whats's happening near you . Bring your samples to any office of DPI . This week before it rains!!!!!
Naturally, as a conscientious risk management person I asked why this million dollar deficit in work not done ,.... and as a planner(http://planningandenvironment) " how could this be avoided"
Actually I skipped work for a while while the power was off ... and that was wonderful .
So what's all this stuff got to do with salt .
Well its most likely that its salty water that shorted the system somewhere out in the drizzle niches. The dust collecting on isulators over the last six months was, in the half hour of drizzle that preceeded the failure, just enough to cause high conductivity on the surface of the insulators . A dangerous moment soon past as fresh rainwater dissipates the risk and erodes the soil and salt .So watch out or should we say wash out ( and dry).
Don't forget its Salt week this week - a good time to collect samples of water in your ecossystems Why ? Because its the time when salinity in stream and spring water is usually the highest and most predictive of whats's happening near you . Bring your samples to any office of DPI . This week before it rains!!!!!
posted by Modi at 11:55 AM
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