Looks like Media Temple isn’t the only company that can’t keep their “grid” up…
As I write this from my neighbor’s unsecure wireless network, it is 74 degrees outside. Sun shining, pleasant breeze blowing… Conditions don’t get much more ideal than this (particularly for December 1st).
Earlier, the wind was blowing particularly hard, and the power flashed. This time it flashed… and didn’t come back on. If I ever meet the person in charge of the local Duke Energy (Duke Power division) resources, I vow to castrate him with my fucking teeth… I can’t wait for another ice storm like last year. If they can’t keep the power on under these conditions, how will they ever during inclement weather?
As Fark would say… Duke Sucks…
20 Minute Mark
Reported outage at 3:52 via 1-800-POWER-ON. Stealing neighbor’s wireless. Sitting in dark corner, watching laptop’s battery slowly drain…
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Morrison, on April 17, 2007 at 11:14am, said:
Yeah, tell me about it. Our power will be out for 3 days because of a few winds. I have never seen anything like it. NC is saddled with a third-world power grid.
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Chris Meller, on April 20, 2007 at 11:52pm, said:
Yeah, the upstate of SC is bad (particularly during the winter, with ice), but I imagine NC is significantly worse. There’s just so much room (and so many mountains) between major points around there that bad stuff doesn’t even have to happen near you to bring down power over a large portion of the state.
On the plus side, after the winds earlier this week, we had some excitement at the end of our street. Apparently a line was blown down, and our garbage truck snagged it as it came around the corner, snapping the entire pole in the process.
Through the snapping, the temporary fixing, and the actual pole replacement, our power never blinked. Quite amazing, really… Normally it goes out for far less. Maybe Duke has finally started making some improvements?
Nahhh…
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