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Nov. 5th, 2009 10:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
holytoastrYesterday the metro was all messed up. This was because a power unit blew. Pretty much everything shut down except for the trains themselves. Even their website went down!
There are only 2 power units in the metro system. And they are both so old (27 years, older than me!), they cannot be fixed. If any of them break (like the one yesterday), the system has to be totally replaced. For $14 million that metro doesn't have. No back up system was ever installed either, so they can't really wait to replace the system.
An interim fix is in place, but "there is anxiety" about it, Metro spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said. "There are no other options at this moment."
The one fully functioning unit is keeping the trains going. What happens when that one fails too? It's only a matter of time.
Anyway, it took me 2 hours to get home last night. I was not happy.
There are only 2 power units in the metro system. And they are both so old (27 years, older than me!), they cannot be fixed. If any of them break (like the one yesterday), the system has to be totally replaced. For $14 million that metro doesn't have. No back up system was ever installed either, so they can't really wait to replace the system.
An interim fix is in place, but "there is anxiety" about it, Metro spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said. "There are no other options at this moment."
The one fully functioning unit is keeping the trains going. What happens when that one fails too? It's only a matter of time.
Anyway, it took me 2 hours to get home last night. I was not happy.
