Electricity cut off in much of Turkey
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http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/electricity-transmission-company-head-resigns-after-massive-blackout-turkish-energy-minister.aspx?pageID=238&nID=80630&NewsCatID=341
And that exact cause was - according to Turkey's Energy Minister ...a cat:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-elections-power-blackout-culprit-found-a-cat.aspx?pageID=238&nID=64393&NewsCatID=341
And that exact cause was - according to Turkey's Energy Minister ...a cat:
http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/turkish-elections-power-blackout-culprit-found-a-cat.aspx?pageID=238&nID=64393&NewsCatID=341
sitting
Dagobah Resident
Niall said:
Why not? What the heck, here in the States, they blame squirrels.
http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_27825025/santa-clara-squirrel-causes-power-outage-affecting-over
But seriously, I sometimes get the feeling someone is making trial runs. Getting practice, along with psychologically prepping the intended victims. There's nothing that can throw civilized society upside down and sideways more effectively--than a total electrical blackout. That said, the changing cosmic environment can do that as well--and maybe more. Interesting times indeed.
PS Just want to say also Kudos to you and Joe, for the recent outstanding podcast. Turning civilian planes into guided missiles--scary thought indeed. I wonder if it's all done by software only. Through a virus that perhaps even the manufacturer was unaware. Like a Stuxnet type thing.
angelburst29
The Living Force
Power Outages have been reported in California, Alabama and Kansas for Monday April 6.
http://www.kcra.com/news/massive-power-outage-reported-in-butte-county/32212420
CHICO, Calif. (KCRA) —Power was being restored to thousands of customers in Butte County who went dark in a massive outage Monday morning.
A spokesman for PG&E said full restoration was expected by 12:30 p.m.
Chico, Magalia and Paradise were the main cities that lost power at about 8:15 a.m. Monday, PG&E said.
The outage was caused by a insulator failing at the Table Mountain substation. There is no word on what exactly caused the failures, according to PG&E.
At its height, as many as 79,000 customers in the county were without power, PG&E said.
http://whnt.com/2015/04/06/crews-restore-power-to-large-portion-of-south-huntsville/
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – Huntsville Utilities crews have restored power after a large outage Monday morning in south Huntsville. It affected 20,000 customers, including homes, schools and large retail stores.
The interruption was caused by an equipment failure in at HU’s Farley Substation. Crews have completed repairs and all customers in the area should have service at this time.
The outage started shortly after 10 a.m. and all power was restored by 11:15 a.m.
http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/UPDATE-Westar-Power-Outage-298721531.html
WICHITA, Kan Westar Energy lowered the number of storm-related outages across Kansas to less than 500 customers Monday morning. But then new trouble struck.
An outage affecting more than 1,800 customers occurred in north Hutchinson shortly before 6:00 a.m. The problem was practically resolved by 7;40 a.m.
http://www.kcra.com/news/massive-power-outage-reported-in-butte-county/32212420
CHICO, Calif. (KCRA) —Power was being restored to thousands of customers in Butte County who went dark in a massive outage Monday morning.
A spokesman for PG&E said full restoration was expected by 12:30 p.m.
Chico, Magalia and Paradise were the main cities that lost power at about 8:15 a.m. Monday, PG&E said.
The outage was caused by a insulator failing at the Table Mountain substation. There is no word on what exactly caused the failures, according to PG&E.
At its height, as many as 79,000 customers in the county were without power, PG&E said.
http://whnt.com/2015/04/06/crews-restore-power-to-large-portion-of-south-huntsville/
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) – Huntsville Utilities crews have restored power after a large outage Monday morning in south Huntsville. It affected 20,000 customers, including homes, schools and large retail stores.
The interruption was caused by an equipment failure in at HU’s Farley Substation. Crews have completed repairs and all customers in the area should have service at this time.
The outage started shortly after 10 a.m. and all power was restored by 11:15 a.m.
http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/UPDATE-Westar-Power-Outage-298721531.html
WICHITA, Kan Westar Energy lowered the number of storm-related outages across Kansas to less than 500 customers Monday morning. But then new trouble struck.
An outage affecting more than 1,800 customers occurred in north Hutchinson shortly before 6:00 a.m. The problem was practically resolved by 7;40 a.m.
angelburst29
The Living Force
Is electricity cut off making the rounds? This time in Washington, D.C. and the White House.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/scattered-power-outages-reported-across-dc-area/2015/04/07/8f4e8b84-dd49-11e4-a500-1c5bb1d8ff6a_story.html
Tuesday April 7, 2015 - A power surge temporarily knocked out power to the White House, State Department and wide swaths of the nation’s capital and its Maryland suburbs early Tuesday afternoon.
D.C. homeland security officials, utility providers and law enforcement officers in Charles County, Md., said a fire or explosion at a electrical facility in Southern Maryland appeared to be the source of the surge.
The incident left passengers in darkened underground Metro stations, halted elevators in office buildings and forced the entire University of Maryland campus in College Park to close early as it remained unclear when power would be restored to some parts of the region.
The surge also triggered dozens of federal buildings and government facilities to flip over to emergency backup generators, and, coming in the nation’s capital, where tight security precautions are routine out of fears of terrorism, left many residents jittery until the source of the failure began to emerge.
By 2:30 p.m., homeland security officials, both locally and nationally said it appeared that terrorism was not an issue.
“Early indications are that there is no apparent link to terrorism,” a U.S. official said.
Chris T. Geldart, director of the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, characterized the incident as a broad power surge that originated at an electrical facility in southern Maryland.
He said any District facility with a critical operations center flipped over to emergency backup power. That appeared to include the White House, State Department and many District offices. The Wilson Building, which houses the offices of the mayor and D.C. Council, was temporarily evacuated until backup power kicked on.
Diane Richardson, a spokeswoman for the Charles County Sheriff’s Department, said the incident appeared to begin at an electrical facility off of Ryceville Road near Newburg, Md.
The Newburg Volunteer Rescue Squad & Fire Department & Auxiliary responded to a report of a fire and explosion at a “transfer station” in the area, an official said. When they arrived, they found no fire, though.
Tom Dennison a spokesman with SMECO, an electric distribution cooperative that serves parts of the District’s Maryland suburbs, said the incident began when there was a failure on a 230,000-volt line operated by Pepco.
The failure on that line cascaded through the system, Dennison said.
In a statement, Pepco said “we experienced a dip in voltage in the Washington D.C. area. This was caused by an issue with a transmission line. There was never a loss of permanent supply of electricity to customers. “
Richardson said both Pepco and SMECO operate at the facility off Ryceville Road, and officials appeared to be investigating if the incident involved a Pepco feeder line.
Pepco is the District’s main power supplier.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/scattered-power-outages-reported-across-dc-area/2015/04/07/8f4e8b84-dd49-11e4-a500-1c5bb1d8ff6a_story.html
Tuesday April 7, 2015 - A power surge temporarily knocked out power to the White House, State Department and wide swaths of the nation’s capital and its Maryland suburbs early Tuesday afternoon.
D.C. homeland security officials, utility providers and law enforcement officers in Charles County, Md., said a fire or explosion at a electrical facility in Southern Maryland appeared to be the source of the surge.
The incident left passengers in darkened underground Metro stations, halted elevators in office buildings and forced the entire University of Maryland campus in College Park to close early as it remained unclear when power would be restored to some parts of the region.
The surge also triggered dozens of federal buildings and government facilities to flip over to emergency backup generators, and, coming in the nation’s capital, where tight security precautions are routine out of fears of terrorism, left many residents jittery until the source of the failure began to emerge.
By 2:30 p.m., homeland security officials, both locally and nationally said it appeared that terrorism was not an issue.
“Early indications are that there is no apparent link to terrorism,” a U.S. official said.
Chris T. Geldart, director of the D.C. Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, characterized the incident as a broad power surge that originated at an electrical facility in southern Maryland.
He said any District facility with a critical operations center flipped over to emergency backup power. That appeared to include the White House, State Department and many District offices. The Wilson Building, which houses the offices of the mayor and D.C. Council, was temporarily evacuated until backup power kicked on.
Diane Richardson, a spokeswoman for the Charles County Sheriff’s Department, said the incident appeared to begin at an electrical facility off of Ryceville Road near Newburg, Md.
The Newburg Volunteer Rescue Squad & Fire Department & Auxiliary responded to a report of a fire and explosion at a “transfer station” in the area, an official said. When they arrived, they found no fire, though.
Tom Dennison a spokesman with SMECO, an electric distribution cooperative that serves parts of the District’s Maryland suburbs, said the incident began when there was a failure on a 230,000-volt line operated by Pepco.
The failure on that line cascaded through the system, Dennison said.
In a statement, Pepco said “we experienced a dip in voltage in the Washington D.C. area. This was caused by an issue with a transmission line. There was never a loss of permanent supply of electricity to customers. “
Richardson said both Pepco and SMECO operate at the facility off Ryceville Road, and officials appeared to be investigating if the incident involved a Pepco feeder line.
Pepco is the District’s main power supplier.
liffy
Jedi
It's interesting how that DC power outage is quite idiosyncratic, I mean "Washington DC lost their power yesterday". The most obvious association being that it is a location that houses a lot of power, but then loses it.
Also, kinda funny with DC being the abbreviation not only for District of Colombia, but also Direct Current.
A strange phenomenon coincided with this. At about the same time as the power went down in DC, I was at work, (doing telephone surveys), and there was this weird sound, akin to static electricity slowly building up, in my headset. This happened two or three times during the evening, and is something I've never heard before.
And, in the last few months a lot of my personal electronic devices have started messing up too. My computer often shuts down all of a sudden. My cell phone is slower than a turtle, so that when I press an icon, it takes about ten seconds before it performs the command. My external soundcard has started glitching and suddenly repeats the same few milliseconds of sound over and over again in a gradually building crescendo. A few days ago the right speaker element in my headphones started loosening as well, so that when they play bass now, there's this ugly rackety rumble, instead of the sounds that are supposed to occur.
Also, kinda funny with DC being the abbreviation not only for District of Colombia, but also Direct Current.
A strange phenomenon coincided with this. At about the same time as the power went down in DC, I was at work, (doing telephone surveys), and there was this weird sound, akin to static electricity slowly building up, in my headset. This happened two or three times during the evening, and is something I've never heard before.
And, in the last few months a lot of my personal electronic devices have started messing up too. My computer often shuts down all of a sudden. My cell phone is slower than a turtle, so that when I press an icon, it takes about ten seconds before it performs the command. My external soundcard has started glitching and suddenly repeats the same few milliseconds of sound over and over again in a gradually building crescendo. A few days ago the right speaker element in my headphones started loosening as well, so that when they play bass now, there's this ugly rackety rumble, instead of the sounds that are supposed to occur.
Horseofadifferentcolor
Jedi Council Member
I thought I would post this link to add to all the other reports of power outages.
_http://www.kvue.com/story/news/local/2015/04/03/thousands-without-power-in-lago-vista/25262695/
LAGO VISTA, Texas – Power has been restored to all customers affected by a transformer going offline in Lago Vista Friday afternoon, according to Pedernales Electric Cooperative.
The PEC website said the outage affected residents in Bar-K/Singleton Bend, Highland Lakes Estates, Point Venture, Lago Vista and South Jonestown Hills.
The outage initially affected 6,500 people, and power was fully restored around 5:30 p.m. Friday.
_http://www.kvue.com/story/news/local/2015/04/03/thousands-without-power-in-lago-vista/25262695/
LAGO VISTA, Texas – Power has been restored to all customers affected by a transformer going offline in Lago Vista Friday afternoon, according to Pedernales Electric Cooperative.
The PEC website said the outage affected residents in Bar-K/Singleton Bend, Highland Lakes Estates, Point Venture, Lago Vista and South Jonestown Hills.
The outage initially affected 6,500 people, and power was fully restored around 5:30 p.m. Friday.
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