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The blackout

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 5:53 pm
by AceLosesKing
If you haven't heard, there was a blackout today from around 9.45am to about 12.40pm from Willaston to Elizabeth (although I've heard some people say it went as far as Salisbury, and Gepps Cross). What little I've heard is that it was caused by vandals. Tools.

Anyway, where were you when it happened? Playing online, did you lose all your chips? :P At work, any catastrophes?

I was at work, and OMG it sucked. Ok, it was fun for the first hour or so (nothing to do :D) but then... uggh. Really boring, and as soon as we had power back on, it was bedlam until I left at 4.30.

Re: The blackout

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 6:55 pm
by krunchie
word is that some idiots completley stripped the trasformer station of copper wire.

how the hell do you do that without killing yourself is beyond me but there has to be an easier way of making money

Re: The blackout

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:06 pm
by bennymacca
lucky i was playing cashys and not a tourney when the power went out. would have sucked balls if that was the case

Re: The blackout

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 7:08 pm
by todd182
yeah it hit lewiston as well. still is was good got all that uni work i kept putting off done.........only because i had nothing else to do.

Re: The blackout

Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:38 am
by Bob B
krunchie wrote:word is that some idiots completley stripped the trasformer station of copper wire.

how the hell do you do that without killing yourself is beyond me but there has to be an easier way of making money

OH DERHHHHHHH Kwunchie, turning the switch gear off would be a good start!!!!!!!! :oops:

Re: The blackout

Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 1:04 am
by krunchie
Bob B wrote:
krunchie wrote:word is that some idiots completley stripped the trasformer station of copper wire.

how the hell do you do that without killing yourself is beyond me but there has to be an easier way of making money

OH DERHHHHHHH Kwunchie, turning the switch gear off would be a good start!!!!!!!! :oops:



so your telling me as a would be thief i can walk into any transformer station and turn off the switch gear easy as pie and take what i want no worries.

well there you go maybe i should get into this sort of activity as well

seing is so god dam easy !!!!!

Re: The blackout

Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 3:39 am
by bennymacca
bob do you realise how hard it is to switch a substation on and off? obviously not

Re: The blackout

Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:57 am
by Ondie J
I just quickly tried to google it before running out the door to work but there were too many options to look through :)

Re: The blackout

Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 12:33 pm
by Origami
Ondie J wrote:I just quickly tried to google it before running out the door to work but there were too many options to look through :)


nice try "Ondie J" ..... next time try googling in Aust . only OZ sub power Station have a different conf. than those in other parts ;)

ah its all Daylight savingstime fault ??

Re: The blackout

Posted: Fri Oct 10, 2008 1:21 pm
by Ondie J
Surely the general idea would be the same. And if they're stripping wires... I'm sure they're not all that concerned if they break anything.