Amazon Web Services recovered Monday morning from a widespread outage that disrupted services for major retailers, airlines, social media apps, financial platforms, and more. AWS infrastructure supports millions of websites and platforms.Air France 447 in 2009, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, and the recent Germanwings A320 incidents have drawn attention due to their significant impact on the airline industry, often attributing blame to pilot suicide, storms, or poor judgment. Similarly, crashes involving electric trains like the Disney Monorail, DC Metro in 2009, and Amtrak 188 are investigated with discussions of safety devices, track maintenance, or mechanical failure taking center stage.
The public only begins to suspect something larger at play when widespread issues arise. Disruptions in cell phone service are often blamed on blocked tower access or bad weather, while the Blackberry outage in 2008 was attributed to a software glitch. However, engineers maintaining equipment and the grid are not easily deceived. During the Washington DC blackout, an electrical issue initially described as a "surge" hinted at something unusual.
A key distinction exists between a failed electrical system, a simple outage, and an electromagnetic pulse. A pulse causes a surge—a sudden increase in magnetons and electrons—that disrupts equipment reliant on steady particle flow, leading to a runaway state. Surge protection can guard against lightning strikes, shutting down equipment to prevent damage. Yet, absent a lightning strike, such surges may point to the charged tail of Planet X, also known as Nibiru.
What lies ahead for the public? As cell phone service and satellite cable TV continue to degrade, and as planes experience increasing electronics failures or cockpit smoke incidents, the challenges posed by such phenomena may become harder to ignore.
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(August 11, 2017)
Earlier on Tuesday, trains were also stopped at the Mount Baker Station [2] “after a unit along the trackway that sprays lubricant caught fire,” according to Kimberly Reason a spokesperson for Sound Transit [Seattle, Washington]. The fire was quickly extinguished.
At this point, Sound Transit hasn’t been able to determine the cause for either service disruption on Tuesday.
Sound Transit is also investigating if the substation failure at Tukwila is related to Sunday’s two-half hour outages at Angle Lake [1].
Link Light Rail operators have been given orders to slow accelerations to reduce stress on the system. Sound Transit said slow orders to operators will reduce voltage spikes and stress on the system and will continue as the investigation moves forward and permanent repairs are made.
Electrical substation that powers a smartphone production complex in northern Vietnam caught fire (August 3, 2017)
Northern Power Corporation, a subsidiary of state-run Electricity of Vietnam, confirmed on Wednesday that the power complex in Thai Nguyen had caught fire, disrupting the power supply at the facility and significantly slowing operations.
The cause of the fire is still unidentified.
https://www.vietnambreakingnews.com/2017/08/electrical-substation-f...
http://tuoitrenews.vn/news/business/20170803/electrical-substation-...
Fire hits power substation in Makati City (August 5, 2017)
A fire hit a Meralco substation in Urdaneta Village in Makati City on Saturday afternoon.
The fire broke out at around 2:32 p.m. The fire reached second alarm at around 2:45 p.m. before being declared out at 3:02 p.m.
Authorities are still investigating the origin of the fire as of posting time.
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/920586/fire-hits-power-substation-in-m...
Transformer fire in Piti, feeder line trouble in Yigo (August 4, 2017)
A transformer at Guam Power Authority’s Piti substation caught fire Friday afternoon. Guam Power Authority said the area was isolated and no customers were affected.
A feeder line also tripped in the Yigo area Friday afternoon. That problem was isolated and GPA crews addressed the issue.
http://www.guampdn.com/story/news/2017/08/04/gpa-customers-not-affe...
UPDATE: Damage to Bell fibre networks causes widespread cellphone service outage
August 4, 2017
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/local/2017/8/4/cell-services-have...
CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. - When Sue Gallant couldn’t take money out to buy gas, she didn’t know how she was going to get home.
That was the problem the Rustico woman faced Friday afternoon as she sat in her van parked outside Provincial Credit Union in Charlottetown, which was closed because of a phone network outage.
“I have no access to my money,” she said.
Earlier in the day cellphone service for Bell, Telus, Virgin Mobile and Koodo went down leaving thousands of customers in Atlantic Canada unable to connect to their networks for several hours.
The issue also affected landline and FibreOp services for Bell customers in the region.
TWITTER MOMENT collection about the crisis
https://twitter.com/i/moments/893508191413293056
A statement from Bell Aliant said accidental damage to multiple fibre networks caused the outage.
During the outage, the provincial government reminded Islanders they were still able to call 911 for emergencies.
Any 911 calls made using cellphones would connect through the Rogers cellular network.
The outage also caused two flight delays at the Charlottetown Airport
Along with keeping people from placing calls or sending text messages, the service disruption caused problems with some financial institutions, like the credit union.
Some businesses, as Gallant learned, weren’t able to accept payments using debit cards during the outage.
At the credit union, the doors were shut to the public and a steady stream of customers was met with signs that said it was closed temporarily due to “communications issues.”
Gallant said she tried to use her debit card to buy gas, but it didn’t work because of the outage.
She was told to try her bank, Gallant said, but that didn’t work either.
Gallant said a day like Friday was a reminder that it might be a good idea to rely less on digital services.
“We’re totally dependent on it,” she said.
Related Cut fibre 'possible' cause of Atlantic Canada cell service outage: Telus
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/news/local/2017/8/4/cut-fibre--possibl...
Power outage, explosion and fire at Shell oil refinery in Rotterdam, Netherlands (July 31, 2017)
At about 10:30 p.m. local time on July 29, a power failure occurred in a high-voltage power station at the industrial site, sparking an explosion and ensuing fire that burned until about 5:52 a.m. on July 30, according to a series of releases from Rijnmondveilig.nl, the official emergency alert service for the Rotterdam-Rijnmond area in the province of South Holland.
http://www.ogj.com/articles/2017/07/fire-shutters-shell-s-pernis-re...
https://www.rtlz.nl/algemeen/binnenland/brand-bij-grote-raffinaderi...
The mystery continues after the disappearance of the plane in the area of the Delta of the Paraná - ARGENTINE
JULY 26, 2017
http://misionesonline.net/2017/07/26/sigue-misterio-ante-la-desapar...
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&js=y&...
From local TV LATEST ACCIDENT HIPOTESIS ELECTRICAL FAILURE
In the plane that has disappeared since Monday, after taking off from San Fernando, province of Buenos Aires, three men were traveling.
But the latest news indicates that the turbo twin engine propeller Mitsubishi LV MCV is missing and there are no traces or accurate data to confirm whether the plane landed or had an accident.
WIKIPEDIA Paraná Delta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paran%C3%A1_Delta
http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/more-than-14000-homes-without-pow...
Power has been restored to more than 14,000 homes in Perth's eastern suburbs on Tuesday morning (Aug 1) after a fire at a power substation caused a brief blackout.
The fire at the Belgravia Street substation happened around 6am and was quickly put out by emergency service crews..."
http://nbc4i.com/2017/07/30/over-1300-aep-customers-without-power-i...
Gahanna, OH (WCMH) — American Electric Power says over 8,200 customers were without power Sunday night (July 30) after the report of a fire at an AEP substation.
Gahanna Police say a fire was reported at a substation near Headley Park around 9:45pm. The Gahnna Fire Department says there was a fire that was quickly contained after a piece of equipment caught fire..."
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http://wpri.com/2017/07/29/substation-fire-leads-to-evacuation-of-w...
Waewick, R.I. (WPRI) – A reported fire at the National Grid substation behind the Warwick Mall Showcase Cinemas forced the evacuation of both buildings Saturday (July 29) night.
The fire broke out just before 7:30 p.m. and caused power outages in the area..."
'It was like an earthquake': 54 injured after train crashes into buffers at Barcelona station in low speed collision on first day of rail strikes (July 28,2017)
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4738658/48-people-injured-t...
At least 54 people have been injured in a train crash in Barcelona, with one said to be in a serious condition.
The accident happened at 7.15am local time on Friday at Barcelona's Franca train station, one of the busiest in the city.
The front of the commuter train was badly damaged after it smashed into a buffer as it arrived from the village of San Vicente Calders, around 50 miles away..."
http://www.mlive.com/news/us-world/index.ssf/2017/07/spain_train.html
"..When the train arrived at Francia station it applied the brakes but at the same time it made a noisy crash," Said Saharaui, a passenger, told A.P. "The passengers were thrown to the floor.
"Even though the train did brake, it wasn't until the crash when it reached a full stop."
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http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2017/07/transformer-fire-...
A transformer caught fire and disrupted power in the central Auckland suburb of Mission Bay on Friday night
(July 28). Central Auckland fire crews responded to the incident which cut power to shops and traffic lights in the area. The fire was behind the popular Starbucks store, on Marau Crescent just off Tamaki Drive.
The fire brigade told Newshub they weren't sure what caused the blaze but contained it before leaving it with Vector to investigate.
Onlookers said they could smell something burning from the waterfront by the popular Mission Bay fountain.
There were fears from the public that the blaze could've burnt down the luxury apartments had the fire service not responded so rapidly.
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