[102798] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Power outages in Florida
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Diaz)
Wed Feb 27 00:44:57 2008
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:43:54 -0500
From: "David Diaz" <davediaz.tech@gmail.com>
To: surfer@mauigateway.com
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <20080226160141.51653127@resin11.mta.everyone.net>
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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:
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> --- robert@ufl.edu wrote:
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> 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...
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> http://flash.ess.washington.edu/TOGA_network_global_maps.htm
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> http://webflash.ess.washington.edu/AmericaL_plot_weather_map.jpg
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/us/26cnd-florida.html?hp
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> 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."
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> scott
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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.<div>
<br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>This is a concern for those of us with hurricane experience in the area.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>David</div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 7:01 PM, Scott Weeks <<a href="mailto:surfer@mauigateway.com">surfer@mauigateway.com</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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--- <a href="mailto:robert@ufl.edu">robert@ufl.edu</a> wrote:<br>
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<div class="Ih2E3d">Being in the lightning capital of the world systems are generally well<br>
protected from power issues. None of our peers have had any issues.<br>
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There has been a lot of lightning there recently...<br>
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<a href="http://flash.ess.washington.edu/TOGA_network_global_maps.htm" target="_blank">http://flash.ess.washington.edu/TOGA_network_global_maps.htm</a><br>
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<a href="http://webflash.ess.washington.edu/AmericaL_plot_weather_map.jpg" target="_blank">http://webflash.ess.washington.edu/AmericaL_plot_weather_map.jpg</a><br>
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/us/26cnd-florida.html?hp" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/us/26cnd-florida.html?hp</a><br>
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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."<br>
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scott<br>
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