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re: Entergy nola day 2: blackout boogaloo

Posted on 7/19/21 at 9:37 am to
Posted by dewster
Chicago
Member since Aug 2006
26375 posts
Posted on 7/19/21 at 9:37 am to
Happened during the superbowl a while back too.
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
24700 posts
Posted on 7/19/21 at 9:38 am to
Omg!! You are supposed to be working from home to slow the spread!!
Posted by danilo
Member since Nov 2008
24700 posts
Posted on 7/19/21 at 9:39 am to
Downtown didn’t pay their bill
This post was edited on 7/19/21 at 9:39 am
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
148031 posts
Posted on 7/19/21 at 9:39 am to
quote:

Lots of folks trapped in elevators with the power going out right before 9


Wouldnt some of those building have back up emergency generators?
Posted by TigerBait1971
PTC GA
Member since Oct 2014
15978 posts
Posted on 7/19/21 at 9:39 am to
Diesel prices, brah
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
148031 posts
Posted on 7/19/21 at 9:41 am to
Posted by Klark Kent
Houston via BR
Member since Jan 2008
72827 posts
Posted on 7/19/21 at 9:41 am to
couple of windmills and solar panel farms would quickly resolve this problem. let’s throw some gubment cash at this problem and see what happens
Posted by SantaFe
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2019
7582 posts
Posted on 7/19/21 at 9:42 am to
squirrel jumped across a transformer?
Posted by Mariner
Mandeville, LA
Member since Jul 2009
2515 posts
Posted on 7/19/21 at 9:43 am to
How low will the city go?
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
46268 posts
Posted on 7/19/21 at 9:43 am to
Entergy caught the covid
Posted by Civildawg
Member since May 2012
10165 posts
Posted on 7/19/21 at 9:44 am to
More like customer cash. They just filed a 64 million dollar rate increase in New Orleans.
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
112022 posts
Posted on 7/19/21 at 9:45 am to
0 to anarchy in 2.2 seconds
Posted by JudgeHolden
Gila River
Member since Jan 2008
18566 posts
Posted on 7/19/21 at 9:47 am to
We blinked, but I guess our generators kicked in.
Posted by OysterPoBoy
City of St. George
Member since Jul 2013
42713 posts
Posted on 7/19/21 at 9:55 am to
Somebody probably stabbed a power line.
Posted by TigerBait1971
PTC GA
Member since Oct 2014
15978 posts
Posted on 7/19/21 at 9:58 am to
Power line should have known better not to be there.
This post was edited on 7/19/21 at 9:59 am
Posted by Big EZ Tiger
Member since Jul 2010
26151 posts
Posted on 7/19/21 at 10:00 am to
quote:

Lots of folks trapped in elevators with the power going out right before 9

I can only imagine how hot that would be.
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
69216 posts
Posted on 7/19/21 at 10:01 am to
First real sunny morning in a while, too
Posted by DoctorTechnical
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2009
2981 posts
Posted on 7/19/21 at 10:04 am to
NOPSI == Non-Operational Power Supply, Inc.
Posted by ell_13
Member since Apr 2013
87177 posts
Posted on 7/19/21 at 10:04 am to
quote:

couple of windmills and solar panel farms would quickly resolve this problem. let’s throw some gubment cash at this problem and see what happens
Im assuming sarcasm because this wasn’t a generation problem but a transmission problem. Transmission is even more difficult with renewables because the generation is miles and miles away from urban areas.
Posted by Klark Kent
Houston via BR
Member since Jan 2008
72827 posts
Posted on 7/19/21 at 10:15 am to
yes sir. i defaulted on my TD Premium subscription last month thus my sarcasm font didn’t work. Not to worry, I’ll be flush this month with that new child tax credit stimmy (more sarcasm)
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