Comment Not the first time... (Score 1) 356
We had something similar happen in 2002 here in Jacksonville, Florida (Duval County). Our power company is Jacksonville Electrical Authority.
One bright spring day around 3:00PM there was a fire at a sub-station that caused a chain-reaction shutdown of all the power stations in the county. We had hot dogs over a Coleman stove that night. Power was restored at around 11:30PM.
In a nutshell, it seems that what happened this time was the same thing, but on a grander scale.
The funny part for me was that at the time (2002) I was working at a PC shop in a mall. I was working on a particularly old and recalcitrant workstation. I had lost all patience with the old crate. Just as I jabbed the power switch off the lights went out (in a room without windows). After fiddling with the circuit breaker box with no luck, I sat down in the front of the store where I could hear the mall's personnel saying not only was the power off in the mall, but the entire neighborhood was out!
I thought it was all my fault.
I was very relieved when I learned it was caused by something other than a flakey PC.
dagenhamdave
One bright spring day around 3:00PM there was a fire at a sub-station that caused a chain-reaction shutdown of all the power stations in the county. We had hot dogs over a Coleman stove that night. Power was restored at around 11:30PM.
In a nutshell, it seems that what happened this time was the same thing, but on a grander scale.
The funny part for me was that at the time (2002) I was working at a PC shop in a mall. I was working on a particularly old and recalcitrant workstation. I had lost all patience with the old crate. Just as I jabbed the power switch off the lights went out (in a room without windows). After fiddling with the circuit breaker box with no luck, I sat down in the front of the store where I could hear the mall's personnel saying not only was the power off in the mall, but the entire neighborhood was out!
I thought it was all my fault.
I was very relieved when I learned it was caused by something other than a flakey PC.
dagenhamdave
