He hola 7 a.m. kēia i kahi lā hoʻoilo anuanu a lā hoʻi ma ka ʻāina kuaʻāina o Koniko County, a ke hana nui nei nā luina.
Ua ʻālohilohi nā ʻauwaha Vermeer melemele ʻālohilohi i ka lā kakahiaka, e ʻoki mālie ana i ka lepo ʻulaʻula ma ke kaha uila ʻo Alabama ma waho o Evergreen. ʻEhā mau paipu polyethylene kala he 1¼-ʻīniha ka mānoanoa, i hana ʻia me ka thermoplastic polyethylene polū, ʻeleʻele, ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a me ka ʻalani ikaika, a me kahi ʻāpana lipine ʻalani i waiho pono ʻia i ko lākou neʻe ʻana ma ka lepo palupalu. Ke kahe mālie nei nā paipu mai ʻehā mau pahu nui - hoʻokahi no kēlā me kēia kala. Hiki i kēlā me kēia spool ke paʻa a hiki i 5,000 kapuaʻi a i ʻole kokoke i hoʻokahi mile o ka pipeline.
Ma hope koke iho, ua hahai ka mea ʻeli i ka mīkini ʻeli, e uhi ana i ka paipu me ka lepo a hoʻoneʻe ana i ka bākeke i mua a i hope. ʻO kahi hui o nā loea, i haku ʻia me nā ʻoihana hana kūikawā a me nā luna mana o Alabama, e nānā i ke kaʻina hana, e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ana i ka kaohi maikaʻi a me ka palekana.
I kekahi mau minuke ma hope mai, ua ukali kekahi hui ʻē aʻe me kahi kaʻa pika i lako pono ʻia. Ua hele kekahi lālā o ka hui ma waena o kahi ʻauwaha i hoʻopiha ʻia, e hoʻolaha pono ana i nā hua mauʻu kūloko. Ua ukali ʻia e kahi kaʻa pika i lako me kahi mea puhi e pīpī ana i ka mauʻu ma luna o nā hua. Hoʻopaʻa ka mauʻu i nā hua ma kahi a hiki i ko lākou ulu ʻana, e hoʻihoʻi ana i ke ala i kona kūlana mua ma mua o ke kūkulu ʻia ʻana.
Ma kahi o 10 mile i ke komohana, ma waho o ka mahiʻai holoholona, ke hana nei kekahi hui ma lalo o ka laina uila like, akā me kahi hana ʻokoʻa loa. Maanei e hele ka paipu ma waena o kahi loko mahiʻai he 30-ʻeka ma kahi o 40 kapuaʻi ka hohonu. ʻOi aku kēia ma kahi o 35 kapuaʻi ka hohonu ma mua o ka ʻauwaha i ʻeli ʻia a hoʻopiha ʻia kokoke i Evergreen.
I kēia manawa, ua hoʻolaha ka hui i kahi mea kuhikuhi e like me kekahi mea mai loko mai o kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni steampunk. Loaʻa i ka wili kahi papa ma luna o kahi "chuck" kila kaumaha e paʻa ana i ka ʻāpana o ka paipu wili. Hoʻopaʻa pono ka mīkini i nā koʻokoʻo wili i loko o ka lepo pākahi, e hana ana i kahi tunnel 1,200 kapuaʻi kahi e holo ai ka paipu. Ke ʻeli ʻia ke tunnel, wehe ʻia ke koʻokoʻo a huki ʻia ka pipeline ma waena o ka loko i hiki iā ia ke hoʻopili me nā mile o ka pipeline ma lalo o nā laina mana ma hope o ka rig ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka honua.
ʻElima mile ma ke komohana, ma ka lihi o kahi māla kulina, ua hoʻohana ka Hui ʻEkolu i kahi palau kūikawā i hoʻopili ʻia ma ke kua o kahi bulldozer e kau i nā paipu hou ma ka laina mana like. Eia kahi hana wikiwiki, me ka lepo palupalu, mahi ʻia a me ka ʻāina pālahalaha e maʻalahi ai ka hele ʻana i mua. Neʻe koke ka palau, e wehe ana i ka ʻauwai haiki a kau i ka paipu, a ua hoʻopiha koke nā hui i nā lako kaumaha.
ʻO kēia kekahi ʻāpana o ka papahana nui a Alabama Power e hoʻomoe i ka ʻenehana fiber optic ma lalo o ka honua ma nā laina hoʻoili o ka hui - kahi papahana e hoʻohiki ana i nā pono he nui ʻaʻole wale no nā mea kūʻai aku o ka hui mana, akā no nā kaiāulu kahi i hoʻokomo ʻia ai ka fiber.
"He iwi kuamoʻo kamaʻilio ia no nā mea a pau," wahi a David Skoglund, nāna e mālama i kahi papahana ma ka hema o Alabama e pili ana i ke kau ʻana i nā kaula ma ke komohana o Evergreen ma o Monroeville a i Jackson. Ma laila, huli ka papahana i ka hema a e hoʻopili hope loa me ka hale hana ʻo Barry o Alabama Power ma Mobile County. Hoʻomaka ka papahana i Kepakemapa 2021 me ka holo holoʻokoʻa ma kahi o 120 mile.
Ke kau ʻia nā paipu a kanu pono ʻia, hoʻokele nā limahana i ke kaula fiber optic maoli ma o kekahi o nā paipu ʻehā. Ma ke ʻano loea, "puhi" ʻia ke kaula ma o ka paipu me ka ea i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a me kahi parachute liʻiliʻi i hoʻopili ʻia i mua o ke kaula. I ke aniau maikaʻi, hiki i nā limahana ke waiho i 5 mile o ke kaula.
E noho manuahi nā ʻauwaha ʻekolu i koe no kēia manawa, akā hiki ke hoʻohui koke ʻia nā kaula inā pono ka mana fiber hou aʻe. ʻO ke kau ʻana i nā kahawai i kēia manawa ke ala kūpono loa a kūpono hoʻi e hoʻomākaukau ai no ka wā e hiki mai ana ke pono ʻoe e hoʻololi i nā ʻikepili he nui me ka wikiwiki.
Ke kālele nui nei nā alakaʻi mokuʻāina i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka broadband ma ka mokuʻāina, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma nā kaiāulu kuaʻāina. Ua kāhea ʻo Kiaʻāina Kay Ivey i kahi hālāwai kūikawā o ka ʻahaʻōlelo o Alabama i kēia pule kahi e manaʻo ʻia ai nā mea hana kānāwai e hoʻohana i kahi hapa o nā kālā maʻi ahulau pekelala e hoʻonui i ka broadband.
E pōmaikaʻi ana ka pūnaewele fiber optic o Alabama Power i ka ʻoihana a me ke kaiāulu mai ka Alabama NewsCenter ma Vimeo.
Ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻonui ʻana a me ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka pūnaewele fiber optic o Alabama Power i nā makahiki 1980 a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hilinaʻi a me ke kūpaʻa o ka pūnaewele ma nā ʻano he nui. Lawe mai kēia ʻenehana i nā hiki kamaʻilio hou loa i ka pūnaewele, e ʻae ana i nā kikowaena e kamaʻilio pū kekahi me kekahi. Hiki i kēia hiʻohiʻona i nā ʻoihana ke hoʻāla i nā hoʻolālā palekana holomua e hōʻemi ana i ka nui o nā mea kūʻai aku i hoʻopilikia ʻia e nā outages a me ka lōʻihi o nā outages. Hāʻawi kēia mau kaula like i kahi iwi kuamoʻo kamaʻilio hilinaʻi a palekana no nā hale hana mana o Alabama e like me nā keʻena, nā kikowaena hoʻomalu a me nā mea kanu mana ma ka wahi lawelawe.
Hoʻonui nā hiki o ke kaula uila bandwidth kiʻekiʻe i ka palekana o nā wahi mamao me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻenehana e like me ke wikiō wehewehe kiʻekiʻe. Hiki nō hoʻi i nā ʻoihana ke hoʻonui i nā papahana mālama no nā lako hana substation e pili ana i ke kūlana—ʻo kekahi mea maikaʻi no ka hilinaʻi o ka ʻōnaehana a me ke kūpaʻa.
Ma o ka hui pū ʻana, hiki i kēia ʻōnaehana fiber i hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia ke lawelawe ma ke ʻano he iwi kuamoʻo kelepona holomua no nā kaiāulu, e hāʻawi ana i ka bandwidth fiber e pono ai no nā lawelawe ʻē aʻe, e like me ke komo ʻana i ka Pūnaewele wikiwiki, ma nā wahi o ka mokuʻāina kahi i loaʻa ʻole ai ka fiber.
Ma kahi heluna nui o nā kaiāulu, ke hana pū nei ʻo Alabama Power me nā mea hoʻolako kūloko a me nā hui hana mana ma nā wahi kuaʻāina e kōkua i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā lawelawe pūnaewele ākea a me ka pūnaewele e pono ai no ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻoihana a me ka hoʻokele waiwai, ka hoʻonaʻauao, ka palekana a me ke olakino o ka lehulehu, a me ka maikaʻi o ka mana. . . ke ola.
"Hauʻoli mākou i nā manawa kūpono e hiki ai i kēia pūnaewele fiber ke hāʻawi aku i nā kamaʻāina kuaʻāina a me nā kamaʻāina kūlanakauhale," wahi a George Stegal, Luna Hoʻokele o ka Alabama Power Connectivity Group.
ʻOiaʻiʻo, ma kahi o hoʻokahi hola mai Interstate 65, ma ke kikowaena o Montgomery, ke kau nei kekahi hui i ka fiber ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o kahi loop wikiwiki e kūkulu ʻia ana a puni ke kapikala. E like me ka hapa nui o nā kaiāulu kuaʻāina, e hāʻawi ka loop fiber optic i nā hana o Alabama Power me ke kahua no nā kamaʻilio wikiwiki a me ka ʻikepili analytics, a me ka hiki ke hoʻopili pūnaewele broadband i ka wā e hiki mai ana ma ka ʻāina.
Ma ke kaiāulu kūlanakauhale e like me Montgomery, hele mai ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā fiber optics me nā pilikia ʻē aʻe. No ka laʻana, pono e hoʻokele ʻia ka fiber ma kekahi mau wahi ma nā alanui haiki a me nā alanui kaʻa nui. Nui aʻe nā alanui a me nā alahao e hele ai. Eia kekahi, pono e mālama pono i ka wā e hoʻokomo ai kokoke i nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe ma lalo o ka honua, mai nā laina wai, ka wai a me ke kinoea a hiki i nā laina mana ma lalo o ka honua, nā laina kelepona a me nā kaula. Ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe, loaʻa i ka ʻāina nā pilikia hou aʻe: ma nā ʻāpana o ke komohana a me ka hikina o Alabama, no ka laʻana, ʻo nā awāwa hohonu a me nā puʻu piʻi ke ʻano o nā tunnels i ʻeli ʻia a hiki i 100 kapuaʻi ka hohonu.
Eia nō naʻe, ke neʻe mālie nei nā hoʻonohonoho ʻana ma ka mokuʻāina holoʻokoʻa, e hoʻokō ana i ka ʻōlelo hoʻohiki a Alabama no kahi pūnaewele kamaʻilio wikiwiki a ʻoi aku ka paʻa.
"Hauʻoli wau e lilo i ʻāpana o kēia papahana a kōkua i ka hoʻolako ʻana i ka pilina wikiwiki i kēia mau kaiāulu," wahi a Skoglund iā ia e nānā ana i ka pipeline ma waena o nā mahina ʻai kulina hakahaka ma ke komohana o Evergreen. Ua helu ʻia ka hana ma ʻaneʻi i ʻole e hoʻopilikia i ka ʻohi ʻana i ka hāʻule a i ʻole ke kanu ʻana i ka pūnāwai.
"He mea nui kēia no kēia mau kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi a me nā kānaka e noho ana ma ʻaneʻi," wahi a Skoglund. "He mea nui kēia no ka ʻāina. Hauʻoli wau i ka hoʻokō ʻana i kēia."
Ka manawa hoʻouna: ʻOkakopa-17-2022