Allan Mac wrote:
On Jun 27, 7:11 pm, "David WE Roberts" wrote:
"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in
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David WE Roberts wrote:
Just had a power outage for a couple of minutes.
It came back on before I got bored enough to demonstrate my
independance from the National Grid (short term) by tethering
my laptop to my mobile for Internet access.
However I would like to know what caused it and if it is likely
to happen again before I power up the desktop.
Location is coastal Suffolk.

Is there any online resource which carries immediate reports of
power outages and causes?

Nothing obvious going on to explain this one - no thunder
storms and the like.

Mm. I phoned up am emergency number when it happened to me.

Online resources telling you you cant get online are as useful as
tits on a bull.

Given that a substantial minority of the public now have a smart
phone which
can access web sites, then t'Internet is a valid route for a query.
Unless of course the cellular masts and the local telephone
exchange are
down, in which case a phone number isn't much use either.

--
No plan survives contact with the enemy.
[Not even bunny]

Helmuth von Moltke the Elder

(\__/)
(='.'=)
(")_(")

If the line reset very quickly for sure no one went to find a fault,
so they will know which line tripped but the cause may remain a
mystery, lightning strike, bird strike, who knows ?

Sometimes turned off to make a new connection or repair a known fault
according to the bods that visit the substation in my garden.

--
Adam