Comments on: Blackout tracker tells you where the electric grid is down http://boingboing.net/2012/06/29/blackout-tracker-tells-you-whe.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 19:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Pibi Gibi http://boingboing.net/2012/06/29/blackout-tracker-tells-you-whe.html#comment-1464101 Pibi Gibi Sun, 01 Jul 2012 22:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168404#comment-1464101 Definitely not the level of detail that anyone would find useful in this.  For the entire DC/MD/VA region, which still has over 500k people out, it's showing very little info. Definitely not the level of detail that anyone would find useful in this.  For the entire DC/MD/VA region, which still has over 500k people out, it’s showing very little info.

]]> By: Kurt Towsley http://boingboing.net/2012/06/29/blackout-tracker-tells-you-whe.html#comment-1463492 Kurt Towsley Sat, 30 Jun 2012 19:28:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168404#comment-1463492 This thing isn't working in Indiana.  We've got something like half the eastern side of the state without power since yesterday, with estimates of repair times stretching to next Wednesday, and it's not there at all. Source (besides the fact that I live here): http://www.wane.com/dpp/news/local/im-trying-to-restore-power-to-thousands This thing isn’t working in Indiana.  We’ve got something like half the eastern side of the state without power since yesterday, with estimates of repair times stretching to next Wednesday, and it’s not there at all.

Source (besides the fact that I live here): http://www.wane.com/dpp/news/local/im-trying-to-restore-power-to-thousands

]]> By: Edward Vielmetti http://boingboing.net/2012/06/29/blackout-tracker-tells-you-whe.html#comment-1463269 Edward Vielmetti Sat, 30 Jun 2012 05:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168404#comment-1463269 Utility companies often keep real-time maps of where the power is out, and sometimes they let you see it not just at a county-by-county level but all the way down to the individual outage. I've collected a batch of these over the last year or so http://vielmetti.typepad.com/vacuum/2011/06/power-outage-maps.html with maps of some kind for utilities in 45 of 50 states. Utility companies often keep real-time maps of where the power is out, and sometimes they let you see it not just at a county-by-county level but all the way down to the individual outage.

I’ve collected a batch of these over the last year or so

http://vielmetti.typepad.com/vacuum/2011/06/power-outage-maps.html

with maps of some kind for utilities in 45 of 50 states.

]]> By: saurabh http://boingboing.net/2012/06/29/blackout-tracker-tells-you-whe.html#comment-1463091 saurabh Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168404#comment-1463091 I just realized that I read this blog almost entirely because of Maggie. I just realized that I read this blog almost entirely because of Maggie.

]]> By: Ambiguity http://boingboing.net/2012/06/29/blackout-tracker-tells-you-whe.html#comment-1463020 Ambiguity Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168404#comment-1463020 It's kind of cool, but the UI is really clunky. It’s kind of cool, but the UI is really clunky.

]]> By: Boundegar http://boingboing.net/2012/06/29/blackout-tracker-tells-you-whe.html#comment-1462990 Boundegar Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168404#comment-1462990 Another flaw: the Blackout Tracker does not work in a blackout. Another flaw: the Blackout Tracker does not work in a blackout.

]]> By: BonzoDog1 http://boingboing.net/2012/06/29/blackout-tracker-tells-you-whe.html#comment-1462979 BonzoDog1 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 20:15:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168404#comment-1462979 Every air conditioner should come with a photovoltaic array. Every air conditioner should come with a photovoltaic array.

]]> By: Mark Dow http://boingboing.net/2012/06/29/blackout-tracker-tells-you-whe.html#comment-1462962 Mark Dow Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:58:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=168404#comment-1462962 Cats cause more than keyboard failure, earthquakes and internet tube hairballs: "A frightened cat was responsible for a power outage: A car crashed into a utility pole, and the driver reported that her cat jumped on the floor on the driver's side, causing her to lose control of the car." "Frightened" my ass; the driver might have been frightened but the cat was aiming. Cats cause more than keyboard failure, earthquakes and internet tube hairballs:

“A frightened cat was responsible for a power outage: A car crashed into a utility pole, and the driver reported that her cat jumped on the floor on the driver’s side, causing her to lose control of the car.”

“Frightened” my ass; the driver might have been frightened but the cat was aiming.

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