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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: San Francisco power outages imminent
Think of it as an acid test of everyone's backup systems. :-) More than one has failed due to a bad battery, out of feul, failures in the UPS whilst the generator kicks in.. and, of course, because there was no generator or ups to begin with.. > On 06/14/00, "J.D. Falk" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Word is they're not capable of handling the current demand (it > > is the second day of what feels like a serious heat wave, with > > temperatures over 90 degrees all over the Bay Area), and power > > may be shut off on a rotating basis, a block or a few blocks at > > a time, if the load cannot be reduced. > > Okay, just received word that they're doing it: rolling black- > outs for 90 minutes at a time, around the Bay Area (not just in > the city.) > > http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2000/06/14/power.DTL > > It'll be interesting to see what kind of outages this causes; > for one thing, Sean's power may go out. > > If power goes out in the NOC and there's nobody around to > monitor it.... > > -- > J.D. Falk "Laughter is the sound > Product Manager that knowledge makes when it's born." > Mail Abuse Prevention System LLC -- The Cluetrain Manifesto > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wayne Bouchard [Immagine Your ] [email protected] [Company Name Here] Network Engineer http://www.typo.org/~web/resume.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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