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Powercut in O'Connel Street yesterday

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  • 19-01-2006 10:44am
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    Inge Binge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 244 ✭✭


    Hi,

    I came back from work around 4.30pm and some of the shops on the left side of the street between SUPERMACS and Arthur's Quay were without power. The SONY CENTRE had power but SUPERMACS was pitch black. ROCHES had lights on but PENNYS was without energy. In Arthur's Qay only TESCO had electricity. The clock at the clocktower on the PENNYS building stopped 3:05pm. It's strange because some of the shops had electricity and some not...

    Does anybody know what happened?

    IB


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    Melion
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 10,259 ✭✭✭✭Melion


    I work in Smyths out on the Childers RD, our lights flicked on and off about half 3.


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    chuckles30
    Registered Users Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭chuckles30


    Maybe some of the shops like Roches & Tesco have generators. I'd imagine it would be essential for somewhere like Tesco to have them due to all the fridges & freezers. Roches might have them since they had the grocery dept. Just an idea.


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    ricey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,348 ✭✭✭ricey


    The same thing happened in Caherdavin all the lights went out
    in supermacs and that area there.


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    Amazotheamazing
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,048 ✭✭✭Amazotheamazing


    Probably someone digging up Bedford Row cut a cable they weren't supposed to.


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    Inge Binge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 244 ✭✭Inge Binge


    I was thinking about those generators as well - especially as TESCO and ROCHES don't have windows. But i thought the keep the business running for maybe 15 or 30 minutes to shut down the "systems" properly (and to send the people away :D ). But maybe they have indeed stronger ones - for the freezers and so.

    IB


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    scuba steve
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,549 ✭✭✭scuba steve


    ya my lights (caherdavin area) flickered on and off for about 2-3seconds a couple of times yesterday between about 3and 5


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