Power Outage 22-9-09

It was much the same here at Metro Central Heights- no power, no security latches, dark corridors and stairwells and no water because the pumps weren't running. We do have emergency lighting but the batteries are only good for a few hours. Fortunately we have on site security.

It seems that it was possible to re-route power to some buildings but not others- our newer South and Vantage buildings had electricity by the evening but the older North, East and West blocks didn't. I guess they must be wired in to the grid in different places. Looking out towards the river there was a triangle of darkness between us, London Bridge and Tower Bridge.

Inconvenient though it was, if something goes so badly wrong with a critical piece of equipment that it requires 4 fire engines then it is not realistic to expect a fix within the hour. Working in production systems myself, I am sure that EDF were dealing with this major incident as fast as they possibly could.

I found some more info to do with the power cut and on goodwill gesture

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=963489

Looks like there is no electricity on Webber Street this morning.

And I noticed on the BBC local news that Borough Station was shut and the adjacent traffic lights were out. I wondered if it had anything to do with the other day.

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Swimming for my child's school was called off down to power cut.

BBC News said that Borough High St Elec. off. Blimey. Is this the Third World or what???

No water or power on Southwark Bridge Road this morning either. Very annoying!
Anyone know if this has been resolved? I'm guessing its something to do with the substation next to Ministry again.

Just to let you know, I was told that the reason things could not be fixed quickly was that asbestos was found when they were putting the fire out meaning that noone could enter the area until it was made safe - must've put a big delay on resolving it. Our power came back on at about 1.30 even though several blocks round us were on much earlier - differen circut I suppose!

Where is your block Dronid? Any idea if power is back on at Southwark Bridge Road? The costcutter should be open if it is.

Walking down Webber Street/Great Suffolk Street last night, I noticed a container-sized generator running outside the new block at the junction of Great Suffolk Street and Southwark Bridge Road, with the cables running into the basement of the block.

Does anyone know what goes on in this block that requires such heavyweight power backup?