Blackout in Auckland today

[marty]

Sir Helen's gonna be busy going to all those funerals......

[Grahameeboy]

Wasn't her fault though..............when are the funerals??

[marty]

mercury wasn't his fault either, but he stuck her ugly nose in there

[Disco Dan]

I was at work on the north shore last night when 30,000 homes lost power....

It was then that the managers got a angry phone call from me about having no civil defense kit! no batteries, torches... nothing. I had to give out medication to over 20 clients using the light from my lighter!!!!

[marty]

I was at work on the north shore last night when 30,000 homes lost power....

It was then that the managers got a angry phone call from me about having no civil defense kit! no batteries, torches... nothing. I had to give out medication to over 20 clients using the light from my lighter!!!!

can't see the problem with that, as long as you don't work in a servo

[Maha]

30,000 homes lost power....


Now thats alot of pissed off people and cold dinner's...:yes:
Guess MacDonald/BK/Pizza places rub their hands together...i smell a conspiracy!!

[Disco Dan]

can't see the problem with that, as long as you don't work in a servo

Try - mental health facility. No cameras operating, no central fire system, integrated computer system went offline.... was not pretty...

[LilSel]

oh dear!!... if anyone has been unfortunate enough to have a friend'/family member pass away today... get in touch with your power retailer or lines company to discuss 10K towards funeral expenses... grab some tubes from the fish tank and sellotape to gas bottle or similar= 'look its a life support machine' :dodge:

[Maha]

Try - mental health facility. No cameras operating, no central fire system, integrated computer system went offline.... was not pretty...

But you still got each other right?....:love:

[shcabbeh]

Now thats alot of pissed off people and cold dinner's...:yes:
Guess MacDonald/BK/Pizza places rub their hands together...i smell a conspiracy!!

Nope, the power cut took out our North Shore Pizza Huts, had to close about 5 of them.

[Maha]

Nope, the power cut took out our North Shore Pizza Huts, had to close about 5 of them.


It will be the Burger outlets then... i blame that old guy on TV in the Wendys adds......'' We're open late''.....translation = When everone else is closed!!!....

[avgas]

Breaker went Boom

[more_fasterer]

Was a shame, no point hanging around at home so I had to go to my mates to work on the bike

[R6_kid]

I've been listening as close as possible to the guys at work while they are trying to figure out exactly what happened. They replicated the fault today but obviously all was fine, otherwise you would all be hearing about it!

We lost 12 substations based under the Wairau Point of Supply which is phenomenal, the next closest event was 10 years ago and that was 10.

There were a lot of tired and stressed guys at work so i just STFU and did my work quietly:innocent:

[shcabbeh]

It will be the Burger outlets then... i blame that old guy on TV in the Wendys adds......'' We're open late''.....translation = When everone else is closed!!!....

Haha, damn I hate that guy.

Apparently he's like that in everyday life too...needs to be locked up.

[Beemer]

Hey, our power was off from 6.30am this morning until 8.30am and guess what? We didn't die! Oh, but then we aren't obese Islanders with "your-faultitis" disease.

We had no cold water (no pump - we're on tank water) but managed to have short hot showers, and then my very own handy Andy used the gas stove to heat water for a cuppa - of course the power came on as soon as he'd made it!

It was an incredible storm overnight - thunder, lightning, rain, wind - thought the roof was going to come off, it was so strong.