Fricassee
in the early evening on Wednesday, the 16th of July 2003 by Chad
Bird landed on the utility pole’s steel support bar that is connected to the steel guide wires to the ground. It stretched its wings, and we lost one phase of the three phase power feed coming into the building. Data center went on UPS but not nearly enough time to keep things running, so servers, phone switch, network switches, and firewall are all shut down.
Power company comes out and replaces the fuse inside the transformer, and we have power again. Servers and equipment are brought back online.
Cherry picker comes down out of the sky, and a bird landed on the utility pole’s support bar. It stretched its wings.
The data center’s UPS is not nearly charged enough yet at this point to keep everything running…
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July 17th, 2003 at 7:13 am
Sucks to be big bird and his brother, eh?
Did the power company techs at least put some BBQ sauce on the wire for next time?
July 17th, 2003 at 7:32 am
Hell no, they had to be convinced to come and install insulation on the steel support pole…