The frailty of utility infrastructures #2

Posted in Commentary on January 27th, 2012 by Sacha Peter

Less than 24 hours after I posted my previous post on the frailty of utility infrastructures, the next day at around 9am a regional electrical substation in Chilliwack went up in flames. They had to shut down power across the city and everything was down until about 3:30pm today.

Another single point of failure, although this one was kind of obvious.

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One Response to “The frailty of utility infrastructures #2”

  1. Lynn says:
    February 10, 2012 at 8:50 am

    Hi Sacha,

    On a totally different topic, I am interested in your opinion regarding the propsed change to retirement age. What will happen to all the other programmes that cut out at age 65. Workers’ Compensation, CPP (QPP) Disability, welfare (all provincially funded) and long-term disability plans?

    Hope all is well with you and your family. Regards Lynn

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