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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.

Commonly on the *half hour* time here. In these days of reliable
telecoms, I don't know how they issue permits to work but 35 years ago,
they had to be signed off in advance of some mutually agreed time.

They are under grounding some 11kV overheads through my land this summer
so I will find out:-)

regards


--
Tim Lamb