How is this affecting EZE and AEP?
Jun 16, 2019, 7:58 pm
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How is this affecting EZE and AEP?
Jun 16, 2019, 11:02 pm
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Yikes. Do you mean that the entire country is experiencing blackouts or is completely without power? The latter sounds impossible as hospital patients would be dying etc.
Jun 17, 2019, 6:21 am
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Things got interesting but nothing overly dramatic. In my case, I was without power for approx 4.5 hours. Hospitals have back up generators, etc. and as far as Ive seen there have not been any power outage related casualties. The exact causes of the outage have not yet been announced, the government is looking into this and details will be forthcoming.
Jun 17, 2019, 6:23 am
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To answer the above question, I think this was Physics related - not political.
Jun 17, 2019, 6:30 am
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Jun 17, 2019, 6:48 am
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We were without power for six hours , although I know some freinds who had nothing for 12.
It was alittle surreal . the City was quiet as it was Sunday . Most traffic lights were out but the rain kept most people inside.
No trains or subway . A few buses were running . Some shops with generators were open
The airports worked normally with some delays.
It was alittle surreal . the City was quiet as it was Sunday . Most traffic lights were out but the rain kept most people inside.
No trains or subway . A few buses were running . Some shops with generators were open
The airports worked normally with some delays.
Jun 17, 2019, 9:43 am
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Jun 17, 2019, 2:08 pm
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Nothing is impossible, and something like this could easily occur regionally in the USA, or in most any part of the developed world. It doesn't take much inattention for very long, or system hacking.
Jun 17, 2019, 3:58 pm
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Airports and ATC relied on power generators during the blackout. There were some delays but other than that it was business as usual.
We are somehow used to smaller power shortages, which are less common these days but used to happen once every few months until some years ago. Hospitals, emergency services, etc. all have generators and as far as I know there were no casualties related to the blackout. There were a few minor traffic accidents in Buenos Aires, though, as all traffic lights went out of service and it was raining.
When I woke up yesterday and saw on the phone that the whole country was off-grid I thought it would take several days to recover, but overall at home in Recoleta we were without power for 5 hours so it wasn’t that bad.
Tierra del Fuego was the only province which remained with power during the blackout. A side effect of being an island, they are not connected to the national electricity grid.
We are somehow used to smaller power shortages, which are less common these days but used to happen once every few months until some years ago. Hospitals, emergency services, etc. all have generators and as far as I know there were no casualties related to the blackout. There were a few minor traffic accidents in Buenos Aires, though, as all traffic lights went out of service and it was raining.
When I woke up yesterday and saw on the phone that the whole country was off-grid I thought it would take several days to recover, but overall at home in Recoleta we were without power for 5 hours so it wasn’t that bad.
Tierra del Fuego was the only province which remained with power during the blackout. A side effect of being an island, they are not connected to the national electricity grid.
Jun 17, 2019, 5:43 pm
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Power outages were VERY common during the Kirchner regime. Things have gotten pretty much back to normal now, so this outage was a "big deal", and the opposition has been trying to make political use of the event. The Government has promised to release the findings of a complete investigation in 15 days, stay tuned....
Jun 17, 2019, 6:15 pm
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According to news reports 30,000 people in Buenos Aires are still without electricity.
Seems to be as a result of faults that occurred with the big national blackout and posssibly heavy rain - hasnt stopped for the last couple of days.
Seems to be as a result of faults that occurred with the big national blackout and posssibly heavy rain - hasnt stopped for the last couple of days.
Jun 17, 2019, 7:33 pm
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Good. Hopefully the big poopoodoodookaka cleaner from the sky will provide me with clean sidewalks for at least the first day or so of my upcoming trip.
(Also, perhaps the thread title could be edited to include "Massive power outage of 16 June 2019")
(Also, perhaps the thread title could be edited to include "Massive power outage of 16 June 2019")