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Blackout in Rathmines

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  • 08-05-2008 11:37pm
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    bug
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    Anyone know what was going on in Rathmines today? Swan centre and right hand side of the street down towards the canal experienced an electrical blackout for more than an hour. The special branch/ guards, were tearing up and down the street...

    Just too many air conditioning units turned on for the grid?


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    admiralofthefleet
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    i thought you meant the other......:pac:


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    connundrum
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    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    i thought you meant the other......:pac:

    Lol, me too. Lucky there were no chinemen out in rathmines at the time.

    And OP, wtf. Sometimes power goes down.


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    feylya
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 23,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭feylya


    South William St lost power this afternoon too for a little while.

    Dublin forum


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    ergo
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    bug wrote: »

    Just too many air conditioning units turned on for the grid?

    Jaysus, was in Brisbane when there was a heatwave with temps up to 43degrees. Now that was blackout central :eek: . I remember someone texted in the radio station to say their neighbour was out mowing the lawn in the midday heat :eek:

    but if people need a/c for this weather here, well, I dont know.........

    wasn't down that part of Rathmines today though, dunno what was going on


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    Karoma
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    moved


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    JC 2K3
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    In before culchies moaning that this isn't the Dublin Forum.

    EDIT: Damn it!


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    admiralofthefleet
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    the garda were there directing traffic as the lights were down


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    bug
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    connundrum wrote: »
    Lol, me too. Lucky there were no chinemen out in rathmines at the time.

    And OP, wtf. Sometimes power goes down.

    Just a question.

    Here's another.

    what's a chineman?

    I apologise for wondering.

    Thanks Karoma, soz.


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    cson
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    Was he shot in time?


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    connundrum
    Registered Users Posts: 5,563 ✭✭✭connundrum


    bug wrote: »
    what's a chineman?

    A distant relative of a china-man. Apparently it is racist to speak of chinamen in the singular term.


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    jebuz
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    Not sure what was the story there, I work in Rathmines and we got to go home early, back of the net!


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    xzanti
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 10,439 Mod ✭✭✭✭xzanti


    My office is off Merrion Square and we experienced something similar yesterday at around 2pm (I think) power went out for a second and then came back on, my pc had to be rebooted :(


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