Two very interesting posts turned up on Ed Yourdon's forum over the New Year's weekend:

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=000Lqk

...discusses some problems found at a power plant in upstate NY from a former DGI plant manager...

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=000Lmt

...is from a person coping with a long power outage, and is a cautionary tale on why, if you choose to do some significant advance personal preparation, you should practice, practice, practice before y ou actually need to implement the plant for real.

-- Anonymous, January 03, 1999

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Ask any veteran, ask any first responder, ask any professional athelete. They'll all tell you the same thing. There's no substitute for practice.

Practice hard, practice often. When the game starts, you had better have all the bugs worked out, or you'll lose.

LP

-- Anonymous, January 06, 1999

"Practice, my boy. Practice, practice, practice." (Answer to query: "How do I get to Carnegie Hall?)

-- Anonymous, January 12, 1999