ʻO ka hola 7 ka lā hoʻoilo ma ke kuaʻāina o ke Kalana ʻo Koniko, a ke paʻakikī nei nā ohua i ka hana.
Ua ʻālohilohi nā ʻauwaha Vermeer melemele ʻālohilohi i ka lā kakahiaka, e ʻoki mau ana i ka pālolo ʻulaʻula ma ka laina uila Alabama ma waho o Evergreen. ʻEhā mau paipu polyethylene mānoanoa 1¼-ʻinihi, i hana ʻia me ka polyethylene thermoplastic ikaika, ʻeleʻele, ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a ʻalani, a ua waiho maikaʻi ʻia kahi lipine hoʻolaha alani i ko lākou neʻe ʻana i ka lepo palupalu. Holo mālie nā paipu mai ʻehā pahu nui - hoʻokahi no kēlā me kēia kala. Hiki i kēlā me kēia spool ke hoʻopaʻa i 5,000 kapuaʻi a i ʻole hoʻokahi mile mile o ka pipeline.
He mau manawa ma hope mai, hahai ka mea ʻeli i ka ʻauwaha, e uhi ana i ka paipu me ka honua a hoʻoneʻe i ka bākeke i hope a i waho. ʻO kahi hui o ka poʻe loea, i hui pū ʻia me nā ʻaelike kūikawā a me nā luna mana o Alabama, ke kiaʻi nei i ke kaʻina hana, e hōʻoia ana i ka mana maikaʻi a me ka palekana.
He mau minuke ma hope mai, ua ukali ʻia kekahi hui ʻē aʻe me kahi kaʻa ʻoki i hoʻolako pono ʻia. Hele kekahi ohua ma kahi ʻauwaha i hoʻihoʻi ʻia, e hohola ana i nā hua mauʻu kūloko. Ua ukali ʻia e kahi kaʻa kiʻi i hoʻolako ʻia me ka mea puhi i ka ʻōpala i ka mauʻu ma luna o nā hua. Paʻa ka mauʻu i nā ʻanoʻano a hiki i ka ulu ʻana, e hoʻihoʻi i ke ala kūpono i kona kūlana mua i kūkulu ʻia.
Ma kahi o 10 mau mile ma ke komohana, ma ka ʻaoʻao o ka hale hānai holoholona, e hana ana kekahi ohua ma lalo o ka laina mana like, akā me kahi hana ʻokoʻa loa. Maanei e hele ai ka paipu ma kahi loko iʻa mahiʻai he 30 ʻeka ma kahi o 40 kapuaʻi ka hohonu. Aia ma kahi o 35 kapuaʻi ka hohonu ma mua o ka ʻauwaha i ʻeli ʻia a hoʻopiha ʻia ma kahi kokoke i Evergreen.
I kēia manawa, ua hoʻonohonoho ka hui i kahi rig kuhikuhi e like me kahi mea mai kahi kiʻiʻoniʻoni steampunk. Loaʻa i ka drill kahi papa kahi i loaʻa ai kahi "chuck" kila kaumaha e paʻa ai ka ʻāpana o ka paipu drill. Hoʻokomo paʻi ka mīkini i nā koʻokoʻo kaʻa i loko o ka lepo i kēlā me kēia, e hana ana i kahi tunnel 1,200 kapuaʻi kahi e holo ai ka paipu. Ke ʻeli ʻia ka tunnel, wehe ʻia ke koʻokoʻo a huki ʻia ka paipu ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka loko i hiki ke hoʻohui ʻia me nā mile o ka paipu ma lalo o nā laina mana ma hope o ka rig. ma ka lewa.
ʻElima mau mile ma ke komohana, ma ka lihi o ka mahinaʻai kulina, ua hoʻohana ka ʻEkolu Crew i ka palau kūikawā i hoʻopili ʻia ma ke kua o ka bulldozer e hoʻomoe i nā paipu hou ma ka laina mana like. Eia ke kaʻina hana ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki, me ka lepo palupalu, mahi ʻia a me ka ʻāina palahalaha e maʻalahi ai ka hele ʻana i mua. Ua nee koke ka oopalau, wehe i ka auwai haiki a waiho i ka paipu, a hoopiha koke iho la na ohua i na mea kaumaha.
He ʻāpana kēia o ka papahana makemake nui o Alabama Power e waiho i ka ʻenehana fiber optic ma lalo o ka honua ma nā laina hoʻouna o ka hui - he 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 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 Monroeville a hiki i Jackson. Ma laila, huli ka papahana i ka hema a hoʻopili hope me ka mea kanu Barry o Alabama Power ma Mobile County. Hoʻomaka ka papahana ma Kepakemapa 2021 me ka holo holoʻokoʻa ma kahi o 120 mau mile.
I ka wā e paʻa ai nā paipu a kanu pono ʻia, holo ka poʻe holo i ke kaula fiber optic maoli ma o kekahi o nā paipu ʻehā. Ma keʻano loea, "puhi" ke kaula ma o ka paipu me ka ea paʻa a me kahi parachute liʻiliʻi i hoʻopili ʻia i mua o ka laina. I ka wā maikaʻi, hiki i nā luina ke waiho i 5 mau mile o ke kaula.
E kū kaʻawale ʻia nā ala wai ʻekolu i kēia manawa, akā hiki ke hoʻohui koke ʻia nā kaula inā makemake ʻia ka mana fiber hou. ʻO ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā ala i kēia manawa ʻo ia ke ala ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi a me ke kumu kūʻai e hoʻomākaukau ai no ka wā e hiki mai ana inā pono ʻoe e hoʻololi i nā ʻikepili nui me ka wikiwiki.
Ke manaʻo nui nei nā alakaʻi mokuʻāina i ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka broadband ma ka mokuʻāina, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā kaiāulu kuaʻāina. Ua kāhea ʻo Gov. Kay Ivey i kahi kau kūikawā o ka ʻahaʻōlelo o Alabama i kēia pule kahi e manaʻo ʻia ai ka poʻe loio e hoʻohana i kahi hapa o nā kālā maʻi maʻi federal e hoʻonui i ka broadband.
E pōmaikaʻi ka ʻoihana fiber optic o Alabama Power i ka hui a me ke kaiāulu mai ka Alabama NewsCenter ma Vimeo.
Ua hoʻomaka ka hoʻonui ʻana a me ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka ʻupena fiber optic o Alabama Power i nā makahiki 1980 a hoʻomaikaʻi i ka hilinaʻi o ka pūnaewele a me ke kūpaʻa ma nā ʻano he nui. Hāʻawi kēia ʻenehana i nā mana kamaʻilio hou i ka pūnaewele, e ʻae ana i nā substations e kamaʻilio me kekahi. Hāʻawi kēia hiʻohiʻona i nā hui e hoʻoikaika i nā hoʻolālā palekana holomua e hōʻemi i ka nui o nā mea kūʻai aku i hoʻopilikia ʻia e nā outages a me ka lōʻihi o nā outages. Hāʻawi kēia mau uwea like i ka iwi kuamoʻo hilinaʻi a paʻa no nā keʻena mana o Alabama e like me nā keʻena, nā kikowaena mana a me nā mea kanu mana ma nā wahi lawelawe.
Hoʻonui ka mana o ka fiber bandwidth kiʻekiʻe i ka palekana o nā pūnaewele mamao me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻenehana e like me ke wikiō kiʻekiʻe. Hāʻawi ia i nā ʻoihana e hoʻonui i nā papahana mālama no nā lako substation e pili ana i ke kūlana - ʻo kahi ʻē aʻe no ka hilinaʻi o ka ʻōnaehana a me ka resiliency.
Ma o ka launa pū ʻana, hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kēia ʻōnaehana fiber i hoʻonui ʻia ma ke ʻano he iwi kuamoʻo kelepona holomua no nā kaiāulu, e hāʻawi ana i ka bandwidth fiber i koi ʻia no nā lawelawe ʻē aʻe, e like me ka loaʻa ʻana o ka Internet wikiwiki, ma nā wahi o ka mokuʻāina kahi i loaʻa ʻole ai ka fiber.
I ka nui o nā kaiāulu, ke hana nei ʻo Alabama Power me nā mea hoʻolako kūloko a me nā hui mana kua'āina e kōkua i ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā lawelawe ākea ākea a me nā lawelawe pūnaewele e koʻikoʻi i ka hoʻomohala ʻoihana a me ka hoʻokele waiwai, ka hoʻonaʻauao, ka palekana lehulehu a me ke olakino, a me ka maikaʻi o ka mana. . ola.
"Ua hauʻoli mākou i nā manawa kūpono e hiki ai i kēia pūnaewele fiber ke hāʻawi aku i nā kamaʻāina kua'āina a me nā kamaʻāina ʻē aʻe o ke kūlanakauhale," wahi a George Stegal, Alabama Power Connectivity Group Manager.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, ma kahi o hoʻokahi hola mai Interstate 65, ma ke kaona ʻo Montgomery, ke kau nei kekahi ohua i ka fiber ma ke ʻano o ka loop loop kiʻekiʻe e kūkulu ʻia a puni ke kapikala. E like me ka hapa nui o nā kaiāulu kua'āina, e hāʻawi ka fiber optic loop i nā hana Alabama Power me ka ʻōnaehana no nā kamaʻilio kiʻekiʻe a me ka ʻikepili ʻikepili, a me ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka broadband e hiki mai ana ma ka ʻāina.
Ma kahi kaiāulu kūlanakauhale e like me Montgomery, hiki mai ka hoʻokomo ʻana i nā fiber optics me nā pilikia ʻē aʻe. No ka laʻana, pono e hele ʻia ka fiber ma kekahi mau wahi ma nā ala haiki a me nā alanui kaʻa nui. Nui aʻe nā alanui a me nā alahao e hele ai. Eia kekahi, pono e mālama nui i ka wā e hoʻokomo ai ma kahi kokoke i nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe ma lalo o ka honua, mai ka sewer, ka wai a me nā laina kinoea a hiki i nā laina mana lalo o ka honua, nā kelepona a me nā laina kelepona. Ma nā wahi ʻē aʻe, he mau pilikia hou ka ʻāina: ma nā ʻāpana o ke komohana a me ka hikina o Alabama, no ka laʻana, ʻo nā awāwa hohonu a me nā puʻu kiʻekiʻe, ʻo ia ka manaʻo o nā tunnel i wili ʻia a hiki i 100 kapuaʻi ka hohonu.
Eia nō naʻe, ke neʻe mau nei nā mea hoʻonohonoho ma ka mokuʻāina, e hana ana i ka ʻōlelo hoʻohiki a Alabama no kahi pūnaewele kamaʻilio wikiwiki a ʻoi aku ka ikaika.
"ʻOliʻoli wau i ka lilo ʻana i ʻāpana o kēia papahana a kōkua i ka hoʻolako ʻana i ka hoʻohui kiʻekiʻe i kēia mau kaiāulu," wahi a Skoglund i kona nānā ʻana i ka pipeline ma nā māla kulina ʻole ma ke komohana o Evergreen. Ua helu ʻia ka hana ma ʻaneʻi i ʻole e hoʻopilikia i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana a i ʻole ke kanu puna.
"He mea nui kēia no kēia mau kūlanakauhale liʻiliʻi a me nā poʻe e noho nei ma ʻaneʻi," wahi a Skoglund. "He mea nui kēia no ka ʻāina. Hauʻoli wau i ka hana liʻiliʻi i ka hana ʻana i kēia.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: ʻOkakopa-17-2022