[sf-lug] resolved: outage: balug.org, sf-lug.org, berkeleylug.com, etc.

[Michael Paoli]

Power was restored at 3:21 A.M. PST.
After that, were a few other glitches to get squared away, in any case,
those have been attended to and servers are properly online again.

On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 2:37 AM Michael Paoli <michael.paoli at berkeley.edu> wrote:
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> PG&E Just updated their estimate to 5:01am PST
>
> On Wednesday, April 2, 2025, Michael Paoli <michael.paoli at berkeley.edu> wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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.