10-12-2014, 09:42 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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Power Outage Downtown
From Nenshi via FB.
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Last night, there was an underground fire that knocked out power to part of downtown.
UPDATES:
1. Not great news on the damage caused by the underground fire. ENMAX reports that it will likely be 4-7 days without power.
2. Residents should unplug all electrical appliances and turn off stoves now to prepare for an eventual electrical surge when re-energized. If you're without power, make plans to stay safe and warm.
3. Unaffected Calgarians, please reach out to your affected friends and family to provide warmth, a place to stay, Thanksgiving dinner...
4. Impacted area is south of 4th Avenue to north of 7th Avenue, west of 5th St to east of 11 St SW. (see map in link)
5. Air quality is fine but if you're feeling unwell, call HealthLink at 403-943-5465. If it's an emergency, call 911 as always.
6. Still some traffic lights without power, but we're working quickly on getting those up. C-train should be up and running shortly (although it won't be stopping at the 7th and 8th Street stations as long as power is out to those stations).
7. We are all thankful for our amazing public servants, working through the night and every day to keep us safe.
My colleagues at The City of Calgary (organized by the Calgary Emergency Management Agency) and ENMAX have been working around the clock but power is still out for many Calgarians. I had a briefing with media at our Emergency Operations Centre at 8am today and may do more as this situation is resolved.
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http://www.calgary.ca/General/Pages/...er-Outage.aspx
Last edited by Regulator75; 10-12-2014 at 04:33 PM.
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10-12-2014, 10:01 AM
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Thank jeebs didn't happen on a weekday. 19 intersections without power and no Ctrain would mean Armageddon.
Hopefully with the long weekend they'll have enough time to get critical infrastructure back up, so my commute doesn't suck Tuesday.
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10-12-2014, 10:20 AM
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Originally Posted by Ducay
Thank jeebs didn't happen on a weekday. 19 intersections without power and no Ctrain would mean Armageddon.
Hopefully with the long weekend they'll have enough time to get critical infrastructure back up, so my commute doesn't suck Tuesday.
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Too bad it didn't happen on a week day because I could use a few free days off work. My office is in the outage area.
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10-12-2014, 10:28 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Calgary
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4-7 days wow that's killer for that area. COpulent be much worse for the core. Couple blocks I suppose.
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10-12-2014, 12:47 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: 110
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Wow do not go through downtown unless you have an hour to kill. We just came back from a trip and had no clue about the power outage until we were in the middle of the 4th avenue insanity. Would have been nice of the taxi driver to have said something about it but whatever. 6th avenue is blocked off so it's 4th ave or 11th ave andI assume both are hell.
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10-12-2014, 03:32 PM
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Ugh, my daughter's daycare is affected. That's going to be a pain the ass.
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10-12-2014, 04:55 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Where I lay my head is home...
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I'm sure your boss will take care of it. 
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10-12-2014, 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Daradon
I'm sure your boss will take care of it. |
Working from home probably until it's fixed. Luckily don't have many meetings Tuesday or Wednesday.
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10-12-2014, 09:23 PM
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First Line Centre
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This has been a crazy couple of months for Enmax with this fire hot on the heels of that snowstorm.
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10-13-2014, 03:21 PM
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Just got word from my boss to not come in all week. Can't even log in remotely. Pretty crazy.
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10-13-2014, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
Just got word from my boss to not come in all week. Can't even log in remotely. Pretty crazy.
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Well what would you log in to?
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10-13-2014, 03:37 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: The C-spot
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Is it insensitive to wish that it was affecting my office's building?
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10-13-2014, 04:53 PM
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My office used to be in the affected/effected area.......unfortunately we moved.......
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10-13-2014, 06:22 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Calgary
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My daughter's daycare is closed, but both my husband's and my work are open, so that was a bit of scramble to find child care. (thank god for a friend whose son goes to a home daycare provider that was willing to take her)
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10-13-2014, 06:24 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vancouver
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So I was away for the weekend and work in the core (TD Square), I take the ctrain from the NW everyday. Will I be affected?
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10-13-2014, 10:42 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Violating Copyrights
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Originally Posted by MattyC
So I was away for the weekend and work in the core (TD Square), I take the ctrain from the NW everyday. Will I be affected?
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No.
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10-13-2014, 10:53 PM
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Ended up having to work this Sunday and part of today to help get it so my office is back up and running in time for tomorrow.
...being in IT is a real son of a !@#$% sometimes.
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10-13-2014, 11:37 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Park Hyatt Tokyo
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Was it Scorchy's fault?
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10-14-2014, 12:15 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vancouver
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Originally Posted by Barnes
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Damn it.
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10-14-2014, 09:31 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Originally Posted by topfiverecords
Was it Scorchy's fault?
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Its always scorchy's fault...
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