February 27, 2001: Blackout! |
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When I was making a web page for March, I heard a strange sound and my PC screen went black. What happened? I turned to my husband and found his PC was also blackened.
I soon checked all the electricity in the home by turning on the lights. A half part of the house didn't answered me. I called up Kyushu Power Co., Ltd for emergency help. A large ambulance like this dashed in. |
| An engineer tested the leakage breaker only to find no response. He cut off all the breakers and dashed out. |  |
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He got on a large repair box and lifted himself to the top of an electric pole. |
| The repair car is hoisted by large hydraulic cylinders like this. |  |
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| The repair box neared the wiring at the top of the pole for checking the electrical fuse that flows the electric power into my house. | |
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In the beauty of the sunset, the deteriorated safety fuse was replaced. |
| When I put on the breaker on the wall, all the light lit brilliantly and PCs started to boot and disk scanning began. I was really relieved. I was lucky that the power came back before dark. Thank you quick response, Kyushu Power! |
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