Coconut Wireless

[Stagecoach]

"Coconut Wireless" is a term used for the speedy passing of gossip by mouth here in Fiji and in some other countries.

I could not resist taking this shot today but so far not come up with a better title



It's not far from my home so when I see some work starting maybe I'll get power back on

Grahame

[Manfred M]

Very informative and had not realized that Fiji uses coconut trees to hold down the power lines.... I had better not laugh too loudly, Grahame.

The Weather Office has sent out a weather alert for tomorrow and Monday with a high probability of an ice storm with 5mm - 10mm of ice accretion. They had also warmed that we can expect power failure around town. In some ways we are fortunate as we live in a neighbourhood with underground power lines, so that reduces the risk of localized issues like in this picture. Unfortunately, if the local power substation goes down, buried cables don't help much.

[Stagecoach]

Very informative and had not realized that Fiji uses coconut trees to hold down the power lines.... I had better not laugh too loudly, Grahame.

The Weather Office has sent out a weather alert for tomorrow and Monday with a high probability of an ice storm with 5mm - 10mm of ice accretion. They had also warmed that we can expect power failure around town. In some ways we are fortunate as we live in a neighbourhood with underground power lines, so that reduces the risk of localized issues like in this picture. Unfortunately, if the local power substation goes down, buried cables don't help much.

Ice is one thing luckily we don't see here although the now unheated shower water makes me think of it

I have just driven under that tree in the dark which is on the main (only) road to get generator fuel and can't believe that after seven hours there has been no action whatsoever to place any form of warning. There's a main police station a few hundred metres away

[Shadowman]

Nicely seen and captured and appropriate title.

[Wavelength]

Fuji resembles Kerala; we have plenty of coconut trees everywhere; The word "Kerala" means the "place of coconut trees"... a very sad incidence occurred last weak; a coconut tree fell across a village road, and its baark remained at human height. The electricity board people came and disconnected the power supply. But they left the palm tree as such, since it was growing dark... but they did not bother to inform the authority to clear the road; the next day very early morning a youth riding on a bike hit his speeding head on the bark and thrown out of the bike and the bike slided to another side. People came later witnessed the shocking scene which was flashed across the state. There was much public agitation locally, against the irresponsible attitude of the concerned authorities..but that won't change them...

[Stagecoach]

Nicely seen and captured and appropriate title.

Thank you John.

[Stagecoach]

Fuji resembles Kerala; we have plenty of coconut trees everywhere; The word "Kerala" means the "place of coconut trees"... a very sad incidence occurred last weak; a coconut tree fell across a village road, and its baark remained at human height. The electricity board people came and disconnected the power supply. But they left the palm tree as such, since it was growing dark... but they did not bother to inform the authority to clear the road; the next day very early morning a youth riding on a bike hit his speeding head on the bark and thrown out of the bike and the bike slided to another side. People came later witnessed the shocking scene which was flashed across the state. There was much public agitation locally, against the irresponsible attitude of the concerned authorities..but that won't change them...

From my time spent in Cochin I certainly remember the similarity of the coconut trees everywhere. They say you can survive on coconuts, but I've not tried it

As far as common sense and safety go I'm always amazed at the lack of risk awareness by some authorities. Whilst these lines had been isolated by the power company this remained for 30 hours with no one considering the possible risk involved.