[TomGuy]

Drudge/Washington Post reports explosion at power plant:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/scattered-power-outages-reported-across-dc-area/2015/04/07/8f4e8b84-dd49-11e4-a500-1c5bb1d8ff6a_story.html

D.C. homeland security officials said an explosion at a southern Maryland electrical facility is believed to have caused the power surge that temporarily knocked out power to the White House and much of downtown Washington.

[sten]

ROFLMAO

but in all seriousness, how much fail does it take to miss the concept of continuous power backup?

seamless switchover to on-site generators is common for large corporate buildings in florida. most (if not all) data centers have supported the concept since the 90s

yet govt workers can’t manage it?

yea... i want these guys handling healthcare and the economy.

[RJS1950]

Key facilities have backup generators that kick in in seconds. Various reports say the WH lost power for 15-60 seconds which is about the turnaround time to crank a generator in the hot mode.

They should not be without power at this point nor would it have been down for very long.

[molson209]

They need more WIND ,LOL

[fruser1]

Smart grid technology in action.