18 seconds an hour

Every hour we move eighteen seconds into the future, that’s the net result of our recent reliance on the Alcan Kemano power system, a place where we and our electric clocks have been for a few weeks now.

Because the Kemano power cycle at 60.3 hertz is a little bit faster than the provincial cycle 60.0, we are moving towards the future at a rather quick pace, a fact not lost on those who are frequently found asking “what time is it anyways”…

(from  the blog a town called podunk, click on the link below to see the entire article atowncalledpodunk.blogspot.com/2 … 3377082277 )-