Since you seem to know so much about it then perhaps you can propose a network that would work far better ? Of course you will not be allowed any coal, oil, or nuclear power sources. To win the prize you will have to design it in such a way that only wind, water and solar energy are used and you must achieve at least 25% of the reliably of the robust and superior third world power systems. Good Luck.Originally Posted by W1GUH
Last edited by n2ize; 09-09-2011 at 10:06 PM.
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
Believe want you to believe but, in fact, the events of yesterday in the southwestern U.S. would suggest otherwise. One person made an error that shut down a 500KV transmission line, which in turn began a whole cascade of failures that resulted in the loss of power to five million people in an area the size of several eastern states. I don't think that's the precise definition of "robust."
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Consider the fact that such widespread outages are not common and most of the time the built in redundancy of the network keeps the system up and running. Of course there are outlying situations where things will go wrong. That is to be expected.
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
Wonder if there was....
- An SOP in effect.
- Did he read and understand the SOP
- was he qualified to perform the SOP
- Was the fooking SOP verified for technical correctness and signed by the plant manager
My guess....NO!!
Yeah...I'm a furry...Deal with it!
My guess is, "He's human, and humans make mistakes." Something that whoever designed the power grid failed to take into account.
If it's a war on drugs, then free the POW's.
For some reason, this image came to mind:
But, yeah, we don't know all the details yet so it's hard to criticize the person in question. He may have done everything correctly and it was a JOOTT—"Just One Of Those Things." You're right about the fragility of the electrical grid, though, there's no excuse for that.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
Could have been a case of ''measure twice, cut once.'' He was apparently confused by the map.
Being humble, I'll admit I make plenty of mistakes. But, I guess the number of people you make that mistake in front of does contribute to multiplying the "you idiot" factor. I'd say my best was about 10 people. That Utility Worker in my opinion has reached the unobtainable!
"Love Trumps Hate."
"You Facist, Sexual Predator!"
" I thought a lot about blowing up the White House"
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He got over four million people pissed off at him—a significant accomplishment.
All the world’s a stage, but obviously the play is unrehearsed and everybody is ad-libbing his lines. Maybe that’s why it’s hard to tell if we’re living in a tragedy or a farce.
I pissed off an entire high school football stadium one Friday night when I was a freshman.
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