alt Hacker NewsWind gusts were reaching 125 MPH in Boulder county, if anyone’s curious. A lot of power was shut off preemptively to prevent downed power lines from starting wildfires. Energy providers gave warning to locals in advance. Shame that NIST’s backup generator failed, though.
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Maxion • yesterday at 10:30 AM
Somewhat interesting that they themselves don't have access to the site. You'd think there would have been some disaster plans put in place?
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IncreasePosts • yesterday at 1:28 PM
Notably, we had the marshal fire here 4 years ago and recently Xcel settled for $680M for their role in the fire. So they're probably pretty keen not to be on the hook again
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Yup, here in Jefferson County - roughly 30 minutes south of Boulder County, we were getting wind gusts around 80mph.