Nick wrote:
COs have big battery backups and generators with many days of fuel. BearingThis past winter there was a big ice storm that hit Kansas City and over a quarter of a million people were without power. We didn't have electricity for about four days due to power lines being taken out by falling ice-coated tree branches, but we never lost use of our phone.
in mind that among othing things, the 911 emergency phone system depends on
them, they've been required for a long time to have reliable emergency
power. And their power needs are relatively low, at least compared with the
typical office or factory. Furthermore, I believe that they always have
incoming power from at least two grids, so that a failure on one grid
doesn't force them to switch to backup power. Thus, only a widespread power
failure will cause the battery and generator system to go into action.
I'm *still* not exactly sure how that happened...
Reggie Bautista
GSV If the wires were down...
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