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Re: Don't press the big red buttom on the wall!
From: Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuhnke () gmail com>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 16:25:08 -0700
If public transit operators can put a breakable plexiglass shield over the emergency door opening handle, on every bus, it's not a very high technical barrier. On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com> wrote:
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-contracto r-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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- Re: Don't press the big red buttom on the wall!, (continued)
- 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! 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)
- 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! Eric Kuhnke (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! Larry Sheldon (Aug 30)