Here's what I just got from one of my news alerts: Statewide power outage caused by mechanical failure to 2 nuclear power plants. Map of outages here:
http://www.progress-energy.com/shared/outages/fla/index.html This is pretty big... Alex -----Original Message----- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 3:33 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: FYI, South Florida Is offline I heard that a nuclear reactor south of Miami was shut down for safety reasons. On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Butts, Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Power outage at a substation caused this. USF is back up. > > > > > > > > > Joseph Butts > > Systems Administrator - DBA - Webmaster - Exchange Admin - Technology > & Systems Manager > > University of South Florida - Graduate School > > BEH 358, 4202 East Fowler Avenue Tampa, FL 33620-9951 > > Phone: 813-974-3586 > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > USF is classified as a Research (high activity) university by the > Carnegie Foundation > > USF is One of Florida's Top Three Research Universities > > > > http://www.grad.usf.edu/ - USF Graduate School: Creating the Future > One Student at a Time > > > > Quotes to remember: > > This "telephone" has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered > as a means of communications. - Western Union Internal memo, 1876 > > Everything that can be invented has been invented. - Charles H. Duell, > Commissioner, U.S. Office of Patents, 1899 > > But ... what is it good for? - An engineer at IBM, commenting on the > microchip in 1968 > > > > > > > From: John Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 3:15 PM > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: FYI, South Florida Is offline > > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: FYI, South Florida Is offline > > > > > > > Not even a flicker here in Gainesville. > > > > John W. Cook > > System Administrator > > Partnership For Strong Families > > 315 SE 2nd Ave > > Gainesville, Fl 32601 > > Office (352) 393-2741 x320 > > Cell (352) 215-6944 > > Fax (352) 393-2746 > > MCSE, MCTS, MCP+I,CompTIA A+, N+ > > > > > From: Jon Harris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 3:02 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: FYI, South Florida Is offline > > > > > Has not gotten this far north but one of the Universities in Tampa is > having issues internally so maybe they were affected? Looks like > maybe some Tornados to the north of Orlando about Gainsville. > > > > > > Jon > > > On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 2:55 PM, James Kerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Too bad we were only down for about a second. Home lost power for > about 45 mins. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "NT System Admin Issues" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 2:43 PM > Subject: FYI, South Florida Is offline > > > > Huge blackout hits Florida > > Massive power outages struck central and south Florida this > > afternoon, with power reported out on the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts > > as a heavy weather system moved through the region, police and > > utility officials said. About 4.4 million customers were affected. > > > > > > Power is spotty, comes and goes. > > Vonage lines across Miami seem dead (not sure if it's related). > > WSVN.com, the local hype stations site, is down. > > > > > > > > Dave > > > > ----------------------------------- > > |Beach Computers | > > |Affordable Hosting Solutions | > > |http://www.beachcomp.com | > > =================================== > > |Cheap Domain Warehouse | > > |Get Your Own Dot! | > > |http://www.cheapdomainwarehouse.com| > > ---------------------------------- > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Disclaimer and confidentiality note: > > > > The contents of this communication are intended/meant only for > > addressee(s) > > and may contain information that is privileged or otherwise confidential. > > If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that > > any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in > > reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. > > The contents of this e-mail shall not be forwarded to any third > > party. 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