* * * * *

                    Another story about backup generators

I'm actually surprised I didn't write about this, but I can't find it, so I
must not have.

Back in 2000, when I worked for Negiyo on third shift, the power goes out and
the backup generator kicks in. That's all fine and good, but the fact that
the power went out caused all the sysadmins to scury around trying to figure
out what caused the power outage. The weather wasn't bad and as far as anyone
knew, FPL (Florida Power and Light) [1] wasn't having any problems in the
area.

Turns out that it was a planned outage to test the backup generators. The
management company of the property had sent notice to Negiyo about the
planned outage, but the secretary who received the notification promptly
discarded it, forgot about it, or lost it, so no one else in Negiyo had a
clue.

It was an amusing night.

[1] http://www.fpl.com/

Email author at [email protected]

You are viewing proxied material from gopher.conman.org. The copyright of proxied material belongs to its original authors. Any comments or complaints in relation to proxied material should be directed to the original authors of the content concerned. Please see the disclaimer for more details.