[sf-lug] Power outage: 5:01am estimate: balug.org, sf-lug.org, berkeleylug.com, etc.

[Michael Paoli]

PG&E Just updated their estimate to 5:01am PST

On Wednesday, April 2, 2025, Michael Paoli <michael.paoli at berkeley.edu>
wrote:

> More than 75 minutes
> overdue per PG&E's estimate, I peeked, and
> I'm guestimating yet another hour, perhaps 2 or more.
>
> Oh, just in as I was composing this,
> updated PG&E estimate of 3:01am PST.
>
> They've replaced the power (telephone) pole,
> but still have two (redundancy) sets of full grounding loops clamped on
> the high voltage lines,
> don't yet have the high voltage lines even in the first (of two)
> directions secured to their insulator support posts,
> were just getting the last (I think) support bar that runs that direction
> up and mounted as I was having a look,
> and they still have to do the all the support bars that run the other
> (perpendicular) direction.
> So, thinking it's going to be some while yet.
> Yeah, the hit pole, not on simple linear run, but where two runs cross by
> intersection.
>
> And of course PG&E hiccups, Xfinity / Comcast [Business] goes down too, so
> guessing that takes about an extra 10 minutes to get back online after PG&E
> restores power.
>
> Some folks suck at driving.  'bout a week ago,
> two blocks from there, and same intersection hit-and-run driver hit me,
> someone, apparently single vehicle accident, hit and quite damaged a
> pedestrian safety street light pole (added more recently than I was hit).
> They were going so fast, long skid of well over 1/2 block, perhaps over 2/3
> block - quite the loud squeal of brakes - could hear it quite the distance
> - yet even after that, still going so fast - major damage to that pole, and
> quite the debris field of car parts they left behind too.
>
> On Tuesday, April 1, 2025, Michael Paoli <michael.paoli at berkeley.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> So, PG&E power outage ... at last check they're estimating power
>> restoration by 12:15am PST.
>> Power went out before 7::09pm PST (and likewise failed earlier in the pm
>> PDT too).
>>
>> So, at present that impacts almost everything with at least IPs that
>> match these:
>> 96.86.170.224/29
>> 2001:470:1f04:19e::/64
>> 2001:470:1f05:19e::/64
>> and including most content on domains sf-lug.org, balug.org,
>> berkeleylug.com, etc.
>> (but not the SF-LUG list).
>>
>> And looks like not PG&Es fault for a change.
>> High speed collision between vehicle & PG&E power pole - and this time
>> looks like the pole had rught-of-way.
>>
>
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