To: John Mansfield who wrote (157 ) 3/11/1998 2:08:00 AM From: John Mansfield Read Replies (2) | Respond to
Auckland: 'senior staff didn't panic early enough' Mercury website is a superb example of how to use the web, with a full history of information about the Power Crisis in the form of official releases, as well as current information; you can subscribe to emailed updates if you wish, they seem to be turning up every day:http://www.mercury.co.nz yellowpages.co.nz It's clear that their risk management was faulty, that engineering concerns came second behind who knows what, and that their disaster planning was weak. There has been much mention of the way that senior staff didn't panic early enough - they tried to cope alone for too long. Apparently, no contingency plan was made for a loss of all four cables because it was felt to be so improbable - right up until it happened.so get yourself a UPS or a spike and they are crippled without their network. They are backing up more often, but can't use the system during the backup. (2) Trading bank - full disaster plan and permanent generator - no interruption except to air conditioning and a few things that were plugged in to the wrong power. They test their disaster plan frequently. Telecom's cell network ran at capacity during the first few days of the power crisis, compared with usual 60-70% at peak. Lots of cellphones being rented.
