SoCal Problems

[Blaine Thompson]

Air traffic center outage disrupts Southern California flights

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A power outage at the Los Angeles Air Route Traffic
Control Center Tuesday cut communications and brought incoming and
outgoing flights in Southern California to a standstill, a Federal
Aviation Administration spokesman said.

“We lost everything, we lost all power to phone lines, computers,
everything,” said Allen Kenitzer, a regional spokesman for the FAA.

The outage was reported around 6 p.m., Kenitzer said, and the cause was
not known.

The center is located in the High Desert near Palmdale.

[Alireza Alivandivafa]

I can tell you the cause. The state was facing an energy emergency yesterday due to the abnormally hot weather lately and as such they set about with rolling blackouts. The only problem is that the idiots failed to notice that a vital function was going on out in Palmdale.


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Subject: SoCal Problems


Air traffic center outage disrupts Southern California flights

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A power outage at the Los Angeles Air Route Traffic
Control Center Tuesday cut communications and brought incoming and
outgoing flights in Southern California to a standstill, a Federal
Aviation Administration spokesman said.

“We lost everything, we lost all power to phone lines, computers,
everything,” said Allen Kenitzer, a regional spokesman for the FAA.

The outage was reported around 6 p.m., Kenitzer said, and the cause was
not known.

The center is located in the High Desert near Palmdale.
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[RWM]

This is what backup generators and a UPS are for, no?

Seems as if there are other issues involved.

Post by Alireza Alivandivafa
I can tell you the cause. The state was facing an energy emergency yesterday due to the abnormally hot weather lately and as such they set about with rolling blackouts. The only problem is that the idiots failed to notice that a vital function was going on out in Palmdale.
-----Original Message-----
Sent: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 8:55 PM
Subject: SoCal Problems
Air traffic center outage disrupts Southern California flights
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A power outage at the Los Angeles Air Route Traffic
Control Center Tuesday cut communications and brought incoming and
outgoing flights in Southern California to a standstill, a Federal
Aviation Administration spokesman said.
“We lost everything, we lost all power to phone lines, computers,
everything,” said Allen Kenitzer, a regional spokesman for the FAA.
The outage was reported around 6 p.m., Kenitzer said, and the cause was
not known.
The center is located in the High Desert near Palmdale.