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Show uw WHEN A STORM IS APPROACHING H hen a heavy storm comes up In I t he daytime and tho sky gets dark we all turn on the electric light. Sometimes Some-times this happens so suddenly that the companies which supply the electric elec-tric current are taken unawares with only the normal daytime current that is entirelj inadequate to meet a gen-era gen-era demand Hence electrh companies have to I keep a man with a keen weather eye ((instantly 'on the job." One of the I largest concerns in New York has recently re-cently installed a storm detector sitni-j sitni-j lar to a wireless-telegraph receiving apparatus, which is affected by neighboring neigh-boring thunderstorms and announces their presence by ringing a bell. The nearer the storm the more frequently does the hell rinc and within an hour to a half-hour before the storm breaks the bell rings continuously. Thus there g ample warning to prepare additional ad-ditional generators for service when abnormal demands for current ar felt. |