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Posted on 11/11/09 3:31:00 PM |
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MDuncan
Council [VPR] Posts: 2900 Reply  |
Epic Power outage here in Brazil
I live for almost 10 years in Brazil, Sao Paulo, Downtown. I mean we had a few power outages that where even longer than these 4hours or so, but they had a reason, blown transformer, lightning strike, maintenance etc. But this was affecting 10 states here. So it was big. I could tell when it happened, because the lights flickered and faded in and out for like 10 seconds before it all went out. I could also see it was wide, because the usual glow of the night sky caused by the city was gone, all was totally black. I saw some planes come in, must have been a surprise for the pilots to see the city go out, just the light runway left to home in. Thanks to my Macbook and a 4h UPS by APC I was able to stay online via 55 modem (oh good reliable old technology), since 3G and then E went out, but cellphone network was working fine. E came back after an hour into the blackout, so my iPhone served me well for keeping up with the news, people twittered what was happening, so within minutes everyone with twitter access knew what had happened. Candles where lit and it all went over pretty much without major events. At about 2am power came back and all seemed strange. Back from medieval times. _________________ M. Duncan Commander 10/13/13/13/12 m.duncan@viperguild.com |
Posted on 11/11/09 8:24:01 PM |
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Strat
Commander [VPR] Posts: 3964 Reply  |
Re: Epic Power outage here in Brazil
Heh. We've had a few bad ones here in New York over the years. |
Posted on 11/11/09 8:29:50 PM |
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MDuncan
Council [VPR] Posts: 2900 Reply |
Re: Epic Power outage here in Brazil
yes I guess this was not much of a big deal really. I heard NY had one going 24h etc. _________________ M. Duncan Commander 10/13/13/13/12 m.duncan@viperguild.com |
Posted on 11/11/09 11:56:56 PM |
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Growlor
Grand Exalted Pubah [VPR] Posts: 156 Reply |
Did you hear about the reasons?
One story said it was hackers and another said it was something more normal. I know many good people have been working to make sure the SCADA systems that control power generation and distribution are more secure, but not sure how far that work has gone yet (especially in countries besides the US.) |
Posted on 11/11/09 11:58:15 PM |
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phaserlight
Council [VPR] Posts: 787 Reply  |
Re: Epic Power outage here in Brazil
Wow, that's crazy. Glad to hear the power came back up okay. I've been to Sao Paolo once for a few days but it made a lasting impression. We were there at a retreat for my Dad's work. |
Posted on 11/12/09 02:28:22 AM |
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Teirl
Member [VPR] Posts: 296 Reply  |
Re: Epic Power outage here in Brazil
have family there, we'll hafta have a nice scotch next time im down that way |
Posted on 11/13/09 02:03:26 AM |
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Valkyr Anason
Former Member Posts: 333 Reply  |
Re: Epic Power outage here in Brazil
I remember a 24 hour one here in the Albany area... |