Posted on 02/26/2008 10:37:27 AM PST by Fawn
Florida Power & Light is reporting massive power outages throughout South Florida, including Miami, Doral, Westchester, and Pembroke Pines. Reports of outages extended into Palm Beach, an FPL spokeswoman said.
The company said it was investigating the problem.
Yep. Makes plenty of sense. if a substation goes down the power has no place to go and the operators trip off the supply. Typically to avoid more serious problems the trips tend to be many times higher than required. The supply and load need to be balanced. Not easy.
~ping
If they shut down one of the reactors unexpectedly, it could have caused instability on the grid and the cascade of blackouts.
That’s certainly not impossible.
What would be impossible is for them to both be up again. You can essentially flip a switch to shut down a nuclear plant, but bringing it back online is a very careful and lengthy process.
Stuff like that didn't even happen after our major hurricanes, including the BIG one, Andrew. I know, I was here for that.
FNC is saying blackouts could continue well into this evening.
But the power here in THIS school is on and has been on the entire day. No worries in the physical plant, itself. No computer issues even.
Seems like a simple load balance issue. Having more generation than can be absorb by the grid can cause a cascade pretty easy. Some sub-grids got too much and some too little. In either case there are trips. This really does not seem to be a big deal unless you are in traffic in Dade County with millions of Juan Pablo Montoya types. But it is never considered safe to drive in Dade.
Add the storms that are expected tonight.......what a mess.
Exactly. I’m in Central FL (Seminole Cty) and we went 2 weeks with no power after Charlie...
Keep us posted on any info from the friend(s) at FPL, please.
Do you know for SURE that they did shut down the 2 nukes at Turkey Point?
They probably just tripped. Most news types would not know the difference!!!
Yes I am watching but ping back to TM
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1963607/posts?q=1&;page=1171#1171
Look at this:
http://www.eyeonwackenhut.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC=%7B4E885C8E-FCDE-406F-A22B-D178F7BD25F6%7D
Just found it during a google.
FP&L faces fine over security violations
Miami Herald Reports: Florida Power & Light Guards Slept on Job at Nuclear Plant
Apparent Shortfalls at Turkey Point
This hasn’t just affected Dade. There are sporadic outages throughout the state.
I’m in Pinellas and also fine. :)
I watched the same thing, I wish I had gotten a name from chopper pilot reporter that flew over and noticed it.
Ok, Shep is really outdoing himself........ what an arse..
My office mate’s daughter works for the Orlando Utilities Commission. We’re getting some interesting reports from her, to wit:
“Something big and important broke”
“I’m in the red area anyway. Tell my non-Florida relatives I love them and I promise not to eat them if I turn into a radiation monster.”
I don’t think she’s taking it too terribly seriously.
When it rains, it pours (no pun intended)...
Power was out in Seminole county here (north west of Orlando) for an hour or so.
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