[7178] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Power outage in San Francisco
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthew Petach)
Wed Jan 22 21:05:33 1997
From: Matthew Petach <mpetach@netflight.com>
To: rob@rjl.com (Rob Liebschutz)
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 1997 17:32:04 -0800 (PST)
Cc: outage@ra.net, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <CMM-RU.1.0.853965882.rob@solar.rjl.com> from "Rob Liebschutz" at Jan 22, 97 12:44:42 pm
>
> There is a power outage in San Francisco affecting a large area South
> of Market Street, including China Basin. The outage begain shortly
> after 12:00am PST Wednesday and was caused by flooding of an
> underground PG&E transformer. Current estimated restoral of power by
> PG&E is around 6:00pm Wednesday. (Prior estimates were for 12:00 noon).
> ...
> A big lesson to be learned by all. Rumor has it that we now have
> approval now for the purchase of our own generator.
>
> Rob
>
If anyone needs a generator NOW in the Bay Area, we have
a Caterpillar 3306ATAAC 250 Kw generator already here,
in the crate, ready to go.
H x W x L: 69" x 52" x 126"
Weight: 5530 lbs
Dry dimensions, no fuel tank. 0 Hrs use, brand new, in
the crate, ready to go where you need it, NO LEAD TIME!
(normally, there's approximately 10 weeks lead time to
get a unit like this.)
Contact Doug Herrick @ (408) 327-2274 if you're
interested. Asking price is $52,000 + tax.
He can also be reached as velopark@aol.com
if you'd like to discuss this via email.
Matt Petach
speaking for InterNex Information Services
