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Fri Sep-09-11 12:42 AM
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The outage was likely caused by an employee removing a piece of monitoring equipment... |
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...that was causing problems at a power substation in southwest Arizona, officials said. http://news.yahoo.com/power-outage-hits-5m-us-southwest-mexico-034451499.html"Hey, hon, how was work today?" "Well..."
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Fri Sep-09-11 12:44 AM
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1. "Hey, hey, hey, Ralphie - whatcha think this switch is for?" . . . |
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Fri Sep-09-11 01:05 AM
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2. "... next, remove part number 10784-40" |
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Edited on Fri Sep-09-11 01:06 AM by krispos42
*click!* *beeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiooooooouuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu*
5 million customers are plunged into darkness
*snick-click* A flashlight turns on.
"Well, shit. What the hell happened? I did just like it said... remove part 10784-40."
He looks very closely for almost a minute at the technical manual
"'...next, remove part number 10784-4O'"
Pauses
"Oh, fuck."
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Fri Sep-09-11 01:09 AM
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4. A little weak on his/her peer checking, |
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and concurrent verifications. Its also possible that something fell apart while being tested/restored.
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Fri Sep-09-11 02:22 AM
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Fri Sep-09-11 01:07 AM
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3. Probably doing a protective relay calibration |
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and put the stabs back wrong. Much of the protective relaying in the power grid dates to the 1960's and uses pilot wire technology.
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Fri Sep-09-11 01:49 AM
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5. Homer? ... Homer, is that you? |
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Fri Sep-09-11 03:02 AM
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7. The old "Lone Employee" dodge |
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Edited on Fri Sep-09-11 03:36 AM by NBachers
"Di dee di di well I guess I'll go find some random piece of equipment to change all by myself . . . "
If that doesn't fly, maybe they can try floating the "Rogue Contractor" ploy
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