Jim Cowie on Nostr: Apparently Hurricane Beryl caused an #Internet problem for Lumen in Houston today. ...
Apparently Hurricane Beryl caused an #Internet problem for Lumen in Houston today.
Basically: no reliable backup power to run chillers, game over. I won't link to the incident.
Instead, for no reason at all, I'm going to link to this incredible video (watch the whole thing) about 20th century power management in telephone central offices - a century of resilient engineering culture, now largely forgotten.
Blessed be the volunteers at Seattle's Connections Museum.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=zoA7HwqtdoI&t=14m14s
Basically: no reliable backup power to run chillers, game over. I won't link to the incident.
Instead, for no reason at all, I'm going to link to this incredible video (watch the whole thing) about 20th century power management in telephone central offices - a century of resilient engineering culture, now largely forgotten.
Blessed be the volunteers at Seattle's Connections Museum.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=zoA7HwqtdoI&t=14m14s