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Re: California public safety power shutdowns
From: Stephen Satchell <list () satchell net>
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 00:57:21 -0700
On 10/10/19 8:46 PM, Javier J wrote:
I have an alternative view. the more generators are running, the more trucks semt to refuel the tanks, the more moving parts, the more likely an accident is prone to happen somewhere. It's thr same reason you turn your vehicles engine off when you fill up at the gas station. Diesel doesn't combust easily without conpression, but I'm pretty sure you can find incidents where diesel engines catch fire. maybe the roof of a datacenter is not a risk factor, but in thinking remote antennas on the top of a mountain anything can happen.
When I was between jobs in IT, I worked as a security guard for a year. During that year, the company I worked for supplied on-prem security for a bankrupt casino at Lake Tahoe. When one of the cell phone companies requested access to their equipment located on the roof of the parking garage (space they leased) the request went all the way to the Court. The reason for access? They ran the electronics on bottled propane (NOT mains power AC) and they needed to swap full tanks for the empties. This was several months into my stint on that site. Not all generators run on diesel, I learned.
Current thread:
- Re: California public safety power shutdowns, (continued)
- Re: California public safety power shutdowns Mel Beckman (Oct 10)
- Re: California public safety power shutdowns Randy Bush (Oct 10)
- Re: California public safety power shutdowns Michael Thomas (Oct 10)
- Re: California public safety power shutdowns Javier J (Oct 10)
- Re: California public safety power shutdowns Michael Thomas (Oct 10)
- Re: California public safety power shutdowns Sean Donelan (Oct 10)
- Re: California public safety power shutdowns Sean Donelan (Oct 10)
- Re: California public safety power shutdowns Sean Donelan (Oct 10)
- Re: California public safety power shutdowns Ca By (Oct 10)
- Re: California public safety power shutdowns Mel Beckman (Oct 10)
- Re: California public safety power shutdowns Javier J (Oct 10)
- Re: California public safety power shutdowns Stephen Satchell (Oct 11)
- Re: California public safety power shutdowns Ethan O'Toole (Oct 11)
- Re: California public safety power shutdowns Stephen Satchell (Oct 11)
- Re: California public safety power shutdowns Sean Donelan (Oct 10)