Blackout in several Brazilian states that will be hosting the World Cup in June

Wednesday, February 5th 2014 - 08:27 UTC

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A blackout late Tuesday hit eleven states of Brazil, six of which are scheduled to host the 2014 World Cup next June. Apparently a peak of demand caused by a heat wave had the grid down, but the government of President Dilma Rousseff attributed the incident to “a disturbance in the National Integrated System Operator” (ONS). Read full article

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GringaBrazilien
As genius brazilianista @MSavarese put it brilliantly on twitter ---> “Brazil has trouble with ________, raising concerns for the World Cup.”
Feb 05th, 2014 - 11:04 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Escoses Doido
A bit hot there at the moment I understand.
Feb 05th, 2014 - 01:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Captain Poppy
Blackouts, striking police, incomplete venues...........sounds like a success to me.
Feb 05th, 2014 - 01:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
A short circuit which they managed to repair in 40 minutes?

Fantastic! They should tell The Dark Country (literally) how it is done because I for one don’t believe them, not on the scale of the blackout anyway.

This looks like a system unload to protect the hardware and is more correctly known as an “open switch” problem. The 40 minutes was taken up with the linemen getting to the switching station to close a mechanical switch which the telemetry circuitry was unable to do (basically it’s a standby switch for just these events), imagine a MCB on steroids and you have it.
Feb 05th, 2014 - 04:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Jack Bauer
Just one of the 'wee' problems....I'd like to see a 2-hour blackout on June 12, just as the 1st match is about to start......and then see ole fat-arse trying to justify it, lying through her rotten teeth and claiming she can “fix it” easily...
@2, hot ??? bloody f*****g hot....35º C during the day, a “pleasant” 29ºC at night....no rain, water rationing might start soon...
Feb 05th, 2014 - 05:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ilsen
flourescent balls anyone?
Feb 05th, 2014 - 05:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
@ 6 ilsen

But the players would have to take their shorts off and no boxes for that to work.

Might increase the female attendance though.

:o)
Feb 05th, 2014 - 06:21 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ilsen
Lol!! @7
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