RE: Power outages in Florida

["Frank Bulk" <frnkblk () iname com>]

For power conservation the units might automatically shut down data
services.

 

Frank

 

From: owner-nanog () merit edu [mailto:owner-nanog () merit edu] On Behalf Of
David Diaz
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 11:44 PM
To: surfer () mauigateway com
Cc: nanog () merit edu
Subject: Re: Power outages in Florida

 

Being that Miami is my home town. I found it interesting today that in areas
affected by the black out services like verizon EVDO lost their backbone
connections. The towers were up with signal but no one could get to the IP
gateway.  Driving a few miles to a lit area provided connectivity.

 

This is a concern for those of us with hurricane experience in the area.

 

David

 

On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 7:01 PM, Scott Weeks <surfer () mauigateway com> wrote:




--- robert () ufl edu wrote:
<snip>

Being in the lightning capital of the world systems are generally well
protected from power issues. None of our peers have had any issues.

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There has been a lot of lightning there recently...

http://flash.ess.washington.edu/TOGA_network_global_maps.htm

http://webflash.ess.washington.edu/AmericaL_plot_weather_map.jpg



http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/us/26cnd-florida.html?hp

says: "The company and state officials said the blackout began with a
failure in an electrical substation near the Turkey Point nuclear station
south of Miami, the division of emergency management said. That failure
caused other parts of the system to shut down to protect the integrity of
the electrical grid."


scott