# Power Surge in Buffalo? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 17, 2011, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504 "2011-05-17T11:14:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![FadetoBlack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fadetoblack/32/6118_2.png) [@FadetoBlack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FadetoBlack)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/21 "2011-05-17T13:05:56Z")
> [@newman](#): > > I definitely would not rappel off of it lol. Haha That would be a long rope I guess. ---
**Author:** ![TradersBASE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tradersbase/32/5321_2.png) [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/22 "2011-05-17T13:47:12Z")
UB North had outages. A few companies I know over in Tonawanda also had flickering and outages. WTF…did Niagara Falls stop moving and cause a shortage? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Motocrossx23](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/motocrossx23/32/5120_2.png) [@Motocrossx23](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Motocrossx23)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/23 "2011-05-17T13:56:34Z")
They accidentally the falls. ---
**Author:** ![TradersBASE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tradersbase/32/5321_2.png) [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/24 "2011-05-17T14:03:27Z")
> [@Motocrossx23](#): > > They accidentally the falls. The whole falls? ---
**Author:** ![rdandy5875](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rdandy5875/32/7511_2.png) [@rdandy5875](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rdandy5875)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 2:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/25 "2011-05-17T14:25:26Z")
One of our cnc machines got some random operating system error around 1, but it kept on cutting. Other than that, nothing. Even the machines that usually give us problems have been working well. In OP by the stadium. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/26 "2011-05-17T14:43:40Z")
> [@WGRZ.com](#): > > BUFFALO, NY - If you saw the power flicker just before noon today you are not alone. > > It happened at the WGRZ Studio in downtown Buffalo and all afternoon people from across Western New York have been sharing their own observations of the power flicker on our Facebook page. > > 2 On Your Side contacted National Grid, which says the power flicker may have been **caused by a transmission voltage customer working on personal equipment.** . ---
**Author:** ![Neon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@Neon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Neon)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/27 "2011-05-17T14:58:08Z")
It was a very odd surge and it makes me VERY worried about our grids. It was felt from the Southtowns to Downtown at the same time, that’s nuts if it was caused by “personal equipment”. ---
**Author:** ![KuntryQuestTSi](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kuntryquesttsi/32/5010_2.png) [@KuntryQuestTSi](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KuntryQuestTSi)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/28 "2011-05-17T15:23:24Z")
We had lights flickering out here in medina… ---
**Author:** ![rdandy5875](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rdandy5875/32/7511_2.png) [@rdandy5875](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/rdandy5875)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/29 "2011-05-17T16:06:37Z")
When I got home both my linksys routers were locked up in diagnostic mode. In north buffalo ---
**Author:** ![LXIFLYBY](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lxiflyby/32/7399_2.png) [@LXIFLYBY](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LXIFLYBY)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/30 "2011-05-17T16:07:50Z")
Its not that surprising really. Sounds like a large industrial company etc either had an “issue” with some of their stuff and or maybe a miscommunication somewhere and tripped out the circuit. Im going to go ahead and guess it was prolly on the 115kv line, at least 1 circuit, mostly because I dont know of many people on the 230kv as far as industrial customers… Just guessing here. Im surprised I actually didnt hear anything about it… ---
**Author:** ![bigwoode](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bigwoode/32/5175_2.png) [@bigwoode](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bigwoode)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/31 "2011-05-17T16:12:12Z")
Was working in Alden/Darien all day, nothing happened (that I noticed) ---
**Author:** ![FadetoBlack](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fadetoblack/32/6118_2.png) [@FadetoBlack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FadetoBlack)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/32 "2011-05-17T17:07:17Z")
They said it was felt from Dunkirk to Lewiston and then over to Batavia ---
**Author:** ![L8APEX1](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/l8apex1/32/7276_2.png) [@L8APEX1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/L8APEX1)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/33 "2011-05-17T19:31:19Z")
It shut down all of our large machines and killed one of the boards in one of 6 color presses in north buffalo by fowlers. ---
**Author:** ![BOBBYGRV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/34 "2011-05-17T19:45:23Z")
I was sitting in Subway in EA and noticed the lights flicker. It was odd but I didn’t think anything of it until I saw this. ---
**Author:** ![95dime](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/95dime/32/7514_2.png) [@95dime](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/95dime)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/35 "2011-05-17T20:17:14Z")
never noticed anything in GI. we have power backup with a deisel generator at work though, we dont even get a flicker when it switches from power to backup. when did this happen? ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 4:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/36 "2011-05-18T04:39:59Z")
Little more info in the Buffalo News this morning. [http://www.buffalonews.com/city/article425576.ece](http://www.buffalonews.com/city/article425576.ece) > Electricity customers in much of Western New York experienced a series of brief power interruptions shortly after noon Tuesday, resulting from a problem with a major transmission line. > The interruptions — known as “power blinks” — lasted for only a second or two and were linked to a high-voltage National Grid power line. The blinks were blamed on a National Grid commercial customer working on equipment connected to the power line. > “We’re still running it down,” said Stephen F. Brady, a National Grid spokesman. The interruptions — experienced by customers from Tonawanda to Fredonia to Batavia – also affected some New York State Electric & Gas Corp. customers. > “It’s unusual when they happen,” said Brady, adding that the brief outages do not appear to have caused any lasting damage. “No lasting damage”, unless you were one of the many people who had equipment get fried. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/37 "2011-05-18T04:44:36Z")
> [@JayS](#): > > Little more info in the Buffalo News this morning. > > [http://www.buffalonews.com/city/article425576.ece](http://www.buffalonews.com/city/article425576.ece) > > “No lasting damage”, unless you were one of the many people who had equipment get fried. Just replaced a mini switch that got fried, we had servers and switches down for about an hour, I’m getting reports which would lead to fried network cards…Who can I sue? ---
**Author:** ![Neon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@Neon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Neon)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 5:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/38 "2011-05-18T05:03:45Z")
Good to know the WNY power grids seem made to be out of recycled tin cans and wire. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/39 "2011-05-18T05:06:21Z")
> [@ProgRocker](#): > > Just replaced a mini switch that got fried, we had servers and switches down for about an hour, I’m getting reports which would lead to fried network cards…Who can I sue? Your CTO for not putting your sensitive electronics behind good UPS power? ---
**Author:** ![fiend540](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 5:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504/40 "2011-05-18T05:07:33Z")
> [@Neon](#): > > Good to know the WNY power grids seem made to be out of recycled tin cans and wire. This is a problem throughout the whole country, not just wny. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/power-surge-in-buffalo/212504.md?page=3)