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2015-04-07 -Short Attention Span Theater-

Power outages in Washington affect White House, government buildings

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Posted by g(r)omgoru 2015-04-07 14:30|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Washington has way too much power. More outages, please.

Posted by Glenmore 2015-04-07 15:21|| 2015-04-07 15:21|| Front Page Top

#2 Pssssssst.....standby generators would help but carbon footprint bad. Mums the word

Posted by Alaska Paul 2015-04-07 15:40|| 2015-04-07 15:40|| Front Page Top

#3 I say, to help combat the dreaded "Climate Change" we need to have Washington lead by example. Keep the power off 365 days a year, 24 hours a day.

Gotta keep that carbon footprint down chums.

Posted by DarthVader 2015-04-07 16:24|| 2015-04-07 16:24|| Front Page Top

#4 Hopefully the golf carts at Andrews AFB were fully charged up.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-04-07 16:37|| 2015-04-07 16:37|| Front Page Top

#5 Heck, just turn off the A/C. That would save TONS of CO2.

Of course, DC isn't really habitable in the summer without A/C.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2015-04-07 16:39|| 2015-04-07 16:39|| Front Page Top

#6 Holy crap we are without a teleprompter?!

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-04-07 17:05|| 2015-04-07 17:05|| Front Page Top

#7 ^5 which is why it should be banned from anything other than hospitals within the Beltway.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-04-07 17:20|| 2015-04-07 17:20|| Front Page Top

#8 According to Aruzt Sheva:

Officials say that the power outtage which partially shut down Washington, DC, today (Tuesday) was caused by an explosion in a Maryland power plant. The cut even affected the White House and State Department.

Posted by trailing wife 2015-04-07 18:04|| 2015-04-07 18:04|| Front Page Top

#9 Let me get this straight. The White House and the state department have no standby power? Really?

Posted by CrazyFool 2015-04-07 18:09|| 2015-04-07 18:09|| Front Page Top

#10 #6 Holy crap we are without a teleprompter?!

"Let me be perfectly clear....(power cuts out)...$*&kigf380dge8!"

Posted by President Barack Obama (PBUH) 2015-04-07 18:51|| 2015-04-07 18:51|| Front Page Top

#11 In addition, Drudge, Hot Air, and a few others are reporting the Russians hacked the White House. No wonder Putin is laughing his ass off.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2015-04-07 18:55|| 2015-04-07 18:55|| Front Page Top

#12 I hope Putin or Mossad release ALL of Tyrant Obama's dirty laundry. And Hildabeasts while their at it.

Obama's proper place is a crow's cage on the White House lawn, so citizens can come jeer and throw rotten arugala or whatever the hell it is at him.

Posted by Silentbrick 2015-04-07 20:00|| 2015-04-07 20:00|| Front Page Top

#13
So did the 'explosion' really go bang, or was the outage the result of a SCADA hack?

Posted by Skidmark 2015-04-07 20:14|| 2015-04-07 20:14|| Front Page Top

#14 I wonder if they will pay attention to power system vulnerabilities now? Especially hardening the systems against major risks from EMP man-made and natural, as well as cyber warfare (the aforementioned SCADA)

Posted by OldSpook 2015-04-07 20:58|| 2015-04-07 20:58|| Front Page Top

#15 Doubt it OS.

Unless there are bribes.

Then they will be all over it.

But I suspect the bribes are going the other way....

Posted by DarthVader 2015-04-07 21:04|| 2015-04-07 21:04|| Front Page Top

#16 Power should really be decentralized. Big nets are a bad idea.

Posted by 3dc 2015-04-07 21:07|| 2015-04-07 21:07|| Front Page Top

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