Preparing for Reliability

10 June 2019

We are REC – a podcast series produced in partnership with Rappahannock Electric Cooperative.

We were in the studio with John Arp, Operations Manager of the Western Region for REC to continue our conversation about Rappahannock Electric Cooperative’s commitment to reliability. Today we talked about year-round practices to prevent outages, a bit more about storm prep, and John answered a few questions like why power lines aren’t all underground and what causes power blips.

For more information about REC’s reliability efforts, visit their website: https://www.myrec.coop/share/reliability/index.cfm

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Lonnie's Fun Fact for Thursday October 29, 2020. Today we blast off, again. It was on this date in 1998 the John Glenn returned to space aboard Space Shuttle Discovery, 36 years after his first space flight. He was 77 and became the oldest person to ever travel in space. A decorated pilot, Glenn had flown nearly 150 combat missions during World War II and the Korean War. In 1957, he made the first nonstop supersonic flight across the United States when he flew from Los Angeles to New York in three hours and 23 minutes. Glenn was one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts chosen by NASA in 1959. Glenn made his first space flight in a craft dubbed Friendship 7 on February 20, 1962, making three obits of the earth in just over five hours. By the mid 1960's Glenn had grown tired on inactivity within NASA and turned to politics, running for a Senate seat in his home state of Ohio in 1964. He withdrew from the race after a serious ear injury. He tried again in 1970 but lost that race. Four years later he ran again and won and was reelected three times. He even threw his hat in the 1984 Presidential race, seeking the democratic nomination unsuccessfully. John Glenn died on December 8, 2016 at the age of 95. Listen to the podcast here; theriver953.com/podcast/fun-fact-october-29-2020/ ... See MoreSee Less

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Miss out on today's news? No worries! Head over to theriver953.com to catch up on the latest from across the Shenandoah Valley. Some of today's headlines include:

-Eligibility criteria has been expanded for the Rebuild VA grant program

-City of Winchester VA - Local Government's leaf collection season will begin Nov. 2

-Lord Fairfax Community College is gearing up for spring enrollment

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