poweralert....

[Brian_G]

I'll send some of the cable thieves down to Durban so you can share in the suffering :evil:

Ugh, they've had their own fair share of disasters so let them gloat.

 

[Jam Sandwich]

> African National Congress (ANC) secretary general Fikile Mbalula says the energy crisis has been described as a “house on fire” and is now “code red”.

Sounds about right.

Load shedding-free in 2023? Energy crisis declared ‘code red’

The secretary general said the ANC wanted to ensure the country had no power outages by the end of the year.

ewn.co.za

Code Red...Sounds exciting.

 

[Harmonic]

This article gives a bit of background.

Pretty cool.

If I wasn't as pale as I am, I needed work and Eskom paid decently and had little political interference, I'd consider trying to get a job developing those systems.

 

[wingnut771]

2-4AM kills me.

that one too.

 

[B-1]

I'll send some of the cable thieves down to Durban so you can share in the suffering :evil:

Durban guys are getting brave not long before a little rain washes half their infrastructure away again.

 

[Vorastra]

Durban guys are getting brave not long before a little rain washes half their infrastructure away again.

Cope.

 

[DarkSt0rm]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1620499788717514752

 

[wingnut771]

Station build-up for the last 7 days - Eskom Data Portal

This shows how resources were used to build-up the demand over the past 7 days, and it includes both generation and demand side resources that Eskom has contracts with.

www.eskom.co.za

 

[DarkSt0rm]

First 4 hour slot and we are already pushing 8 hours without power lol...

 

[Mike Angelo]

Still off after power outage since yesterday from about 11:45 am. Seems as if it's a regular thing now about every 10 days that we have a 24 hour+ outage.

 

[Rayne]

Same here. We had 12h and 17h outages so far this year.

We got so used to load shedding that we forgot how it ****s up sub stations and with the high volume we are getting now it's really starting to show.

Eskom's in a self destruction spiral.

 

[Lupus]

Still off after power outage since yesterday from about 11:45 am. Seems as if it's a regular thing now about every 10 days that we have a 24 hour+ outage.

And they are still only sending the morning shift

 

[Mike Angelo]

And they are still only sending the morning shift

Yep, councillor posted an update just now where the so called manager at city power just replied saying that he's sure the morning shift will attend to it...
FFS what do these people do??

 

[Priapus]

Same here. We had 12h and 17h outages so far this year.

We got so used to load shedding that we forgot how it ****s up sub stations and with the high volume we are getting now it's really starting to show.

Eskom's in a self destruction spiral.

Water pumps are also failing now; many parts of the city are without water.

 

[Slowestclock]

Called staff this morning and told them not to come into work this morning. Would be a complete waste of time to run the equipment. Can't wait to be out of this place in April

 

[ToxicBunny]

Durban guys are getting brave not long before a little rain washes half their infrastructure away again.

What infrastructure?

None of its been fixed since the last time.

 

[1am7h30n3]

Called staff this morning and told them not to come into work this morning. Would be a complete waste of time to run the equipment. Can't wait to be out of this place in April

I'm sorry.

 

[wingnut771]

What infrastructure?

None of its been fixed since the last time.

The stuff still standing will probably survive the next flood aswell.

 

[Slowestclock]

I'm sorry.

I'm out of SA with my family in April, I'm more upset for the rest of the staff who lose out.

 

[DarkSt0rm]

Water pumps are also failing now; many parts of the city are without water.

We haven't had water for 3ish weeks at this point.

I'm out of SA with my family in April, I'm more upset for the rest of the staff who lose out.

I'm also out later this year. Either spend a bar going off grid or head off to a brighter tomorrow, guess which option won...