Melbourne is in the middle of a hugely significant blackout – apparently there are still plenty of places without power, but I’m far enough out for it not to be a problem. But as I’m doing the quick check of the latest to find out whether or not the trains were likely to be OK tomorrow, I was blown away by this:
“Mr Price said there was a all-time record set today for electricity demand and about 200,000 homes were affected by the blackout.” – The Age – Mass power outages hit state
So, do we need any further proof that this country isn’t yet taking global warming seriously?
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we have been without power and running water (the joys of tank water living) for just under 24 hours!
Still! That’s pretty rough. I’d thought that they had everybody back up and going, but I guess that you guys are obviously considered pretty low on the food chain out there in the hills.
I so very nearly got out of work because of said blackouts. Damned office buildings and their backup generators.
I’m interested to see if you know of anyone who actually had power, then lost it in a secondary round of blackouts as power was re-routed and re-distributed throughout the grid to get essential services back and going? Anyone heard anything?
I managed to avoid it at home, but pretty much all the way in from Bayswater I was faced with blacked out intersections…and I once again thanked God for a company van that’s big enough to push its way through most traffic!
We’ve had power permanently. No loss for us.