About 12,000 households in the Lower Austrian districts of Baden and Mödling were without power on Thursday morning. The outage lasted about an hour, but it wasn’t the only one…
According to a Wiener Netze spokesman, numerous households and several commercial enterprises have been affected. A circuit breaker in a substation has blown, it is said. The reason for this may be that a faulty system is connected to the grid.
According to the spokesperson, the power outage lasted an hour, from 7:54 a.m. to 8:53 a.m. The root cause analysis started immediately afterwards. But just under two hours later, the lights went out again in the affected areas: Wiener Netze suspected that there could be consequential damage due to the first power failure. By noon, the outage continued, but to a lesser extent. According to the spokesman, the streets gradually came under tension again. At exactly 1.29 pm, all households and businesses were supplied again.
Noticeable effects of the power outage
Traffic lights were out and shop doors could no longer be opened due to a power cut. “The most important thing is to make eye contact and be considerate of each other,” says Marion Seidenberger, traffic psychologist at the ÖAMTC. The automobile club gave tips on how to act when traffic lights are not working. “Most people intuitively react correctly in such an exceptional situation: they first observe what is happening and carefully ‘feel’ their way,” Seidenberger explained in a broadcast. Even if there are clear priority rules, no one can insist on them.
Source: Krone
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