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Don't press the big red buttom on the wall!
From: Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2016 17:51:29 -0400 (EDT)
See that big red button on the wall under the sign "Do Not Push This Button!"....
DC 911 outage caused by contractor error http://wtop.com/dc/2016/08/dc-911-outage-caused-by-contractor-who-pulled-wrong-switch/WASHINGTON — D.C. is now operating two separate 911 centers after a power outage caused by human error left the nation’s capital without any emergency phone service for almost an hour on a busy weekend night.
A contractor working Saturday night inadvertently pulled an emergency power shut off switch that cut electricity to the 911 phone system and a call routing system at the District’s Unified Communications Center, said the center’s Director Karima Holmes.
“Unfortunately because it was human error we weren’t prepared for it,” Holmes said.
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Current thread:
- Don't press the big red buttom on the wall! Sean Donelan (Aug 29)
- Re: Don't press the big red buttom on the wall! Alan Buxey (Aug 29)
- Re: Don't press the big red buttom on the wall! Aaron C. de Bruyn (Aug 29)
- Re: Don't press the big red buttom on the wall! Ken Chase (Aug 30)
- Re: Don't press the big red buttom on the wall! Keith Stokes (Aug 30)
- Re: Don't press the big red buttom on the wall! Larry Sheldon (Aug 30)
- Re: Don't press the big red buttom on the wall! Mark Andrews (Aug 30)
- Re: Don't press the big red buttom on the wall! bzs (Aug 30)
- Re: Don't press the big red buttom on the wall! Aaron C. de Bruyn (Aug 29)
- Re: Don't press the big red buttom on the wall! Alan Buxey (Aug 29)
- Re: Don't press the big red buttom on the wall! A . L . M . Buxey (Aug 30)
- Re: Don't press the big red buttom on the wall! Ken Chase (Aug 30)
- Re: Don't press the big red buttom on the wall! A . L . M . Buxey (Aug 30)