Oh Look, No Power Outage

Well it looks like there is no power disruption at all. So it's really only affecting Bintulu area.


We hope.

 

It's Ultraman's fault. I know it is. That's for having a beeping light on your chest Ultraman. And don't try to fend off the attack Ultraman, come on we're way faster and better at this than you are.

Power Disruption Tomorrow Sunday 9am - 5pm?

Circulating around Facebook is a picture of a notice that had been issued by Sarawak Energy that Bintulu will have power disruptions from 9am till 5pm and in that timeframe they will rename the company to Sarawak Non-Energy.

While the notice is for Bintulu only, it might affect Miri as well, since, you know, we just rely on The One Link to power everything.

But who knows. We'll see. So if tomorrow you have big plans that involve Electricity, then you'd better store them up in many, many PowerBanks for your iPads and phones and whatever electrical devices you need it for.

Oh, and you'll need to eat everything in your fridge before then as well to prevent food from spoiling. Or use even more PowerBanks to keep the fridge running.

No need candles, as because it'd be a daytime outage. But stock some, in case they screw up right into dusk and cause a zombie outbreak of some sort. We listed some tips on how to prevent Fire from escaping candles and burning everything into the ground here.

Don't think you're off the hook, Ultraman, we still blame you. Because we're awesome at blaming everyone else.

BLACKOUT!

Yeah, it's not even dark outside and it's already called a blackout. At around 5.30 the whole of Sarawak has gone back into the stone age, with everyone scrambling to buy candles because everyone was too reliant on electricity for light. When it got dark, candle use is widespread. Happy birthday, everyone! Candles! Where's the cake? Oh sorry that melted when the fridge stopped working.

Apparently, this electrical outtage was state-wide. From Kuching all the way to Miri.

Intersections were jammed, because they don't use backup electricity, and also apparently some drivers blacked out as well.

It wasn't until late night at around 11pm we got current back.

The outtage is caused by a tripped circuit caused by overloading at the Kemena-Bintulu sub-station. Apparently, we totally rely on just the one link to keep the whole of Sarawak powered. No secondary backups, it's because we're so awesome. Who needs backups and contingency plans anyway..

Nice planning guys, good job everyone! *claps sarcastically*

Read more at the Borneo Post again: http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/06/28/outrage-over-massive-outage