[AusNOG] Power outage sydney cbd

Colin House colin at restecp.com
Mon Mar 30 19:51:37 EST 2009


Surry Hills (around Devonshire & Elizabeth) came back around 18:40.

West of Pitt St (around Eddy Ave) seemed unaffected.

Col

alex.de.gracia at perpetual.com.au wrote:
> Power back at Pitt St/Martin Place.
> 
> Hopefully it lasts otherwise we're off to our BCP.
> 
> 
> Inactive hide details for "Sean K. Finn"
> <Sean.Finn at ozservers.com.au>"Sean K. Finn" <Sean.Finn at ozservers.com.au>
> 
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>                         *"Sean K. Finn" <Sean.Finn at ozservers.com.au>*
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>                         30/03/2009 18:45
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> Re: [AusNOG] Power outage sydney cbd
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> Apparently some parts have power back?
> 
> -S
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
> [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Curtis Bayne
> Sent: Monday, 30 March 2009 5:19 PM
> To: McDonald Richards
> Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Power outage sydney cbd
> 
> Ouch. Sounds like a nasty case of backhoe attenuation.
> 
> Then again maybe not - the arcing you would get if you opened a feeder
> leg without a recloser to take them all cold simultaneously would not
> be pretty (especially if it's HVDC feed).
> 
> These feeder lines aren't exactly thin/poorly signposted (you would
> have to think to yourself: "damn that's a thick root")
> 
> -Curtis
> 
> On 30/03/2009, at 4:30 PM, "McDonald Richards" <macca at vocus.com.au>
> wrote:
> 
>>
> http://www.smh.com.au/national/major-power-outage-in-sydney-cbd-20090330-9gu
>> k.html
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>> 4 x 132,000V cables. I'm guessing rodents weren't involved.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
>> [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Skeeve Stevens
>> Sent: Monday, 30 March 2009 5:28 PM
>> To: ausnog at ausnog.net
>> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Power outage sydney cbd
>>
>> Twitter is reporting Zombies roaming the streets, so keep your
>> chainsaws
>> handy.
>>
>> I hear that Osama heard the Commsday conference was starting
>> tomorrow and is
>> trying to stop it!
>>
>> ...Skeeve
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>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net [mailto:ausnog-
>>> bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Greg M
>>> Sent: Monday, 30 March 2009 5:13 PM
>>> To: ausnog at ausnog.net
>>> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Power outage sydney cbd
>>>
>>> Yep - our offices on the outskirts of the CBD (Windmill Street) are
>>> also
>>> dead as of about 30 minutes ago.
>>>
>>> Greg
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
>>> [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of McDonald
>>> Richards
>>> Sent: Monday, 30 March 2009 2:07 PM
>>> To: ausnog at ausnog.net
>>> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Power outage sydney cbd
>>>
>>> And it's made the news:
>>>
>>> http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25263822-2,00.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
>>> [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of McDonald
>>> Richards
>>> Sent: Monday, 30 March 2009 4:58 PM
>>> To: ausnog at ausnog.net
>>> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Power outage sydney cbd
>>>
>>> Power out to offices in George St and I saw some alarms from gear in
>>> Castlereagh St as well.... not good.
>>>
>>> Macca
>>>
>>> -----
>>>
>>>
>>> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
>>> [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Bevan Slattery
>>> Sent: Monday, 30 March 2009 4:56 PM
>>> To: ausnog at ausnog.net
>>> Subject: [AusNOG] Power outage sydney cbd
>>>
>>> Anyone have more info. Stuck in swissotel 23rd floor no elevators.
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