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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Mucus: [QB] Ok, so this will be a less than descriptive post. I'm not entirely sure if they'll be rolling blackouts through my home, and more importantly I'm heck tired. And I'm still only a Waterloo co-op student, working at a control room for the GTA. Heck of a learning experience. Good for the resume ;) (knows what to kill/restart/setup in case of total power failure) In short, when the power cut out and we switched to a number of UPS systems, we had to quickly kill all nonessential systems, so to preserve the older basic functionally. (So that operators don't have to phone around and operate switches and breakers "manually"....or at least less so in this case) Then turn everything back on in a controlled manner. (and pray that power fluctuations didn't harm servers while the UPS was bypassed) Minutaman: In fact the Niagara region was relatively unaffected.. Beck (hydraulic at Niagara) accounted for a quarter(!) of the power generation in the province when we first got systems back up. Assorted: In this situation, it doesn't really matter who depends on who for generation. Yes, Ontario was importing power but the real problem cascades through the transmission lines. i.e. Generating lots of power doesn't do much if the grid is down, and if that going down doesn't take down the generator, having a generator up with no grid is actually bad. (Sorry to be less than technical, I'm just in CS....the electrical engineers at work were having a fun time explaining stuff...trying) Nuclear reactors are the worst for us. If they don't shutdown properly, they poison out, and it takes upwards of 40 hours to clear them and bring them back up to full. i.e. Pickering (No magic on/off switch) Finally, no we don't really know why. Since co-op students weren't among those reasigned to shift work over the weekend, we'll find out the same time most of you will. And no, co-op students don't have much sway with hiring ;) (You know who you are) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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