OldGamer User ID: 885462 United Kingdom 06/12/2011 09:06 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | 'Controlled' power cuts likely as Sun storm threatens national grid Officials in Britain and the United States are preparing to make controlled power cuts to their national electricity supplies in response to a warning of a possible powerful solar storm hitting the Earth. In an interview with The Independent, Thomas Bogdan, director of the US Space Weather Prediction Centre, said that controlled power "outages" will protect the National Electricity Grids against damage which could take months or even years to repair should a large solar storm collide with the Earth without any precautions being taken. Dr Bogdan is in close discussions with scientists in the UK Met Office to set up a second space weather prediction centre in Britain to co-ordinate a global response to a threat viewed seriously by both the US and UK governments. [ link to www.independent.co.uk] |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1189738 United States 06/12/2011 09:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 'Controlled' power cuts likely as Sun storm threatens national grid |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1421068 United States 06/12/2011 09:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 'Controlled' power cuts likely as Sun storm threatens national grid |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1108986 United States 06/12/2011 09:17 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 'Controlled' power cuts likely as Sun storm threatens national grid I hear they do this at night between 1am and 4am or something.
I will be pissed if my alarm clock doesn't go off because of some unscheduled outages. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1389551 United States 06/12/2011 09:22 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 'Controlled' power cuts likely as Sun storm threatens national grid |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1425811 Australia 06/12/2011 09:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 'Controlled' power cuts likely as Sun storm threatens national grid I hear they do this at night between 1am and 4am or something.
I will be pissed if my alarm clock doesn't go off because of some unscheduled outages.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1108986make sure its battery backup is fresh, now you know the power may go |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1425648 United States 06/12/2011 09:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 'Controlled' power cuts likely as Sun storm threatens national grid Huh our power was out last night from about 1am to 3am ish and PG&E said the cause was unknown. |
Weltsmertz
User ID: 1280572 United States 06/12/2011 09:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 'Controlled' power cuts likely as Sun storm threatens national grid A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything. Friedrich Nietzsche
if I did not feel so sad as I look at them. Sad because they do not know the truth and I do know it. Oh, how hard it is to be the only one who knows the truth! But they won't understand that. No, they won't understand it." --from The Dream of a Ridiculous Man (1877) |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1406321 United States 06/12/2011 09:28 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 'Controlled' power cuts likely as Sun storm threatens national grid Again Japan is way ahead of the curve.... . |
STYLIE
User ID: 1300453 United States 06/12/2011 09:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: 'Controlled' power cuts likely as Sun storm threatens national grid |