Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/16

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Subject: Re: [Leica] electric power outages and the LUG
From: chucko@siteconnect.com (Chuck Albertson)
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 11:58:11 -0700
References: <200006161647.JAA09282@riverside.haddockseyes.com>

That probably explains the duplicate messages I was getting yesterday. I
heard it was hot in the Bay Area this week, but not that you were
experiencing rolling blackouts!

Chuck Albertson
Seattle, Wash.

- ----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Reid" <reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 9:47 AM
Subject: [Leica] electric power outages and the LUG


> The computers that support the Leica Users List are on a battery backup
> that can run for 1 hour in case of a power failure, but I do not have a
> gasoline generator to continue after 1 hour.
>
> Because of the extreme heat (I measured an air temperature of 45
> centigrade in my darkroom on Wednesday) the electric power utility here
> has been turning off the electricity at random for 2-hour intervals.
> This has happened to me twice, and both times it has seriously
> disrupted the mail computers. This situation cannot last forever, and I
> know you will be patient with it for now.
>
> Brian Reid
>

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