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Fun and idiocy from the SA Blackout
Sep 29^th, 2016 at 4:44pm

The blackout showed a few things about SA preparedness for power failure.... NONE

1) the police's very bright suggestion was to 'keep your phone charged since the power will be off a long time'. How pray do we recharge it when there isn't alive powerpoint in the entire state? I used one of our laptops to keep mine charged.

2) Watch ABC for news on the blackout... on my pedal-powered TV

3) adelaide airport, knowing 2 days in advance of possible power problems cranks up its emergency generators only to find half of them dont work.

4) not a solitary set of traffic lights in the entire city has a UPS

5) 'keep your phone charged' #2. Four hours into the blackout most of the mobile phone towers run out of battery power so very difficult to get a signal anyhow.

6) Adelaide hospitals condition is unknown because.... their phone system isnt working. No generators????

7) SA Water was unable to pump water and sewerage so if you are uphill from your water source... limited supplies.

8) the 000 network crashed - no power.

9) the Adelaide newspaper had to get the paper printed... in Victoria

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Reply #1 - Sep 29^th, 2016 at 4:47pm

All the hospitals posses generators and all went over to them when the blackout struck. Only one, Flinders Medical Centre reported problems and ICU patients were transported down the corridor to Flinders Private to keep their life support/monitoring systems running. The generators do not power the external telephone link/switchboards.

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Reply #2 - Sep 29^th, 2016 at 4:54pm

This is what you wrote yesterday....

Longweekend58 wrote....
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It turned into little more than a moderate rain storm, a bit blowy and a good set of thunder. THIS is the BS we have to encounter day-by-day. Gross exaggeration, blatant lies and gullible jerks willing to swallow the doomsday message despite zero evidence.

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Reply #4 - Sep 29^th, 2016 at 4:56pm

philperth2010 wrote on Sep 29^th, 2016 at 4:54pm:

This is what you wrote yesterday....

Longweekend58 wrote....
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It turned into little more than a moderate rain storm, a bit blowy and a good set of thunder. THIS is the BS we have to encounter day-by-day. Gross exaggeration, blatant lies and gullible jerks willing to swallow the doomsday message despite zero evidence.

well he was right about the gross exaggeration and blatant lies Cheesy

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Reply #5 - Sep 29^th, 2016 at 5:03pm

longweekend58 wrote on Sep 29^th, 2016 at 4:44pm:

The blackout showed a few things about SA preparedness for power failure.... NONE

1) the police's very bright suggestion was to 'keep your phone charged since the power will be off a long time'. How pray do we recharge it when there isn't alive powerpoint in the entire state? I used one of our laptops to keep mine charged.

2) Watch ABC for news on the blackout... on my pedal-powered TV

3) adelaide airport, knowing 2 days in advance of possible power problems cranks up its emergency generators only to find half of them dont work.

4) not a solitary set of traffic lights in the entire city has a UPS

5) 'keep your phone charged' #2. Four hours into the blackout most of the mobile phone towers run out of battery power so very difficult to get a signal anyhow.

6) Adelaide hospitals condition is unknown because.... their phone system isnt working. No generators????

7) SA Water was unable to pump water and sewerage so if you are uphill from your water source... limited supplies.

8) the 000 network crashed - no power.

9) the Adelaide newspaper had to get the paper printed... in Victoria

dear Longy,

Jay Weatherill - the SA Labor premier must resign.

He has to do the right thing.

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John Smith Gold Member Online Australian Politics Posts: 72268 Gender:	Re: Fun and idiocy from the SA Blackout Reply #6 - Sep 29^th, 2016 at 5:04pm Bobby. wrote on Sep 29^th, 2016 at 5:03pm: Jay Weatherill - the SA Labor premier must resign. why? you think he caused the storm? more on
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Reply #7 - Sep 29^th, 2016 at 5:11pm

John Smith wrote on Sep 29^th, 2016 at 5:04pm:

Bobby. wrote on Sep 29^th, 2016 at 5:03pm:

Jay Weatherill - the SA Labor premier must resign.

why? you think he caused the storm?

more on

Why? - because of Longy's comments.

It's obvious that Jay is not running the state properly -
SA was not prepared for an emergency.

The number 1 job of any premier is to protect his citizens -

Jay has failed.

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Reply #8 - Sep 29^th, 2016 at 5:16pm

Bobby. wrote on Sep 29^th, 2016 at 5:11pm:

It's obvious that Jay is not running the state properly -
SA was not prepared for an emergency.

actually it seems they were well prepared. Power out across the whole state and not one death. Longies list has already had enough holes shot through it to sink it, I'm not surprised you missed that bit.

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Reply #9 - Sep 29^th, 2016 at 5:33pm

John Smith wrote on Sep 29^th, 2016 at 5:16pm:

actually it seems they were well prepared. Power out across the whole state and not one death. Longies list has already had enough holes shot through it to sink it, I'm not surprised you missed that bit.

John Smith wrote on Sep 29^th, 2016 at 5:16pm:

Bobby. wrote on Sep 29^th, 2016 at 5:11pm:

It's obvious that Jay is not running the state properly -
SA was not prepared for an emergency.

actually it seems they were well prepared. Power out across the whole state and not one death. Longies list has already had enough holes shot through it to sink it, I'm not surprised you missed that bit.

So you count well prepared on the number of fatalities? Wink

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cods Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 88048	Re: Fun and idiocy from the SA Blackout Reply #10 - Sep 29^th, 2016 at 5:42pm I hope agnes is ok... I am sure she would be very upset about this ... I am not sure how well you can ever prepare for this the fact that no one has died has got to be commended... maybe this will show that coal and wind should work together... pitch dark means helpless to me.
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Reply #11 - Sep 29^th, 2016 at 6:18pm

John Smith wrote on Sep 29^th, 2016 at 5:16pm:

Bobby. wrote on Sep 29^th, 2016 at 5:11pm:

It's obvious that Jay is not running the state properly -
SA was not prepared for an emergency.

actually it seems they were well prepared. Power out across the whole state and not one death. Longies list has already had enough holes shot through it to sink it, I'm not surprised you missed that bit.

If we were well prepared we wouldn't have had the ENTIRE state blacked out for 6 hours and some sections blacked out yet again. We would have had proper backup power plans - like it used to be when I worked for ETSA.

If we were well-prepared, Adelaide Airport would have at least tested (and prepared) their backup generators.

If we were well prepared our hospitals would have kept the PHONES ON.

If we were well-prepared, 000 would not have gone down. Someone would have remembered to put a generator there!

If we were well-prepared we would have at least had major intersections with UPS supplies on traffic lights.

If we were well-prepared we wouldnt have Police embarrassing themselves by telling us 'to keep our phones charged' without power and as the internet and mobile services crumbled.

'fatalities' is not how we measure preparedness.

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Reply #12 - Sep 29^th, 2016 at 6:20pm

cods wrote on Sep 29^th, 2016 at 5:42pm:

I hope agnes is ok... I am sure she would be very upset about this ... I am not sure how well you can ever prepare for this

the fact that no one has died has got to be commended...

maybe this will show that coal and wind should work together...

pitch dark means helpless to me.

it got more interesting as time went on and the mobile phone system began to fail and the internet along with it. The landline system was already gone. And for some suburbs, water and sewerage pumping had failed as well. it was unsafe to drive ANYWHERE.

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juliar Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 22966	Re: Fun and idiocy from the SA Blackout Reply #13 - Sep 29^th, 2016 at 6:52pm Yet another disgraceful Labor failure. Reminds you of the many failures of the Krudd/Gillard/Krudd abortion.
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Reply #14 - Sep 29^th, 2016 at 7:02pm

juliar wrote on Sep 29^th, 2016 at 6:52pm:

Yet another disgraceful Labor failure.

Reminds you of the many failures of the Krudd/Gillard/Krudd abortion.

Yet another disgraceful coalition attempt at putting blame. Although explained and from the likes of the power industry itself, coalition and their supporters are deluded if they think the rest of the country will fall for their propaganda.

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