This is what backup generators and a UPS are for, no? Seems as if there are other issues involved. Alireza Alivandivafa wrote: > I can tell you the cause. The state was facing an energy emergency yesterday due to the abnormally hot weather lately and as such they set about with rolling blackouts. The only problem is that the idiots failed to notice that a vital function was going on out in Palmdale. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: blaine@xxxxxxxx > To: AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Tue, 18 Jul 2006 8:55 PM > Subject: SoCal Problems > > > Air traffic center outage disrupts Southern California flights > > LOS ANGELES (AP) â?? A power outage at the Los Angeles Air Route Traffic > Control Center Tuesday cut communications and brought incoming and > outgoing flights in Southern California to a standstill, a Federal > Aviation Administration spokesman said. > > â??We lost everything, we lost all power to phone lines, computers, > everything,â?? said Allen Kenitzer, a regional spokesman for the FAA. > > The outage was reported around 6 p.m., Kenitzer said, and the cause was > not known. > > The center is located in the High Desert near Palmdale.