California -- STAGE 3 POWER EMERGENCY... AGAIN

Thu Jan 18 16:54:16 UTC 2001

On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 08:33:50AM -0800, Karyn Ulriksen wrote:
> 
> Been keeping an eye on CAISO since last summer.  They seem to be on some
> type of access timer.  Never can get in there during the wee morning.  Not
> sure at what time they open the gates.
> 
> As for the SystemStatus loggings.  These are good for identifying which
> alert level, but you need to go to the "Newsroom" link to see the latest
> updates, i.e., announcements about rolling blackouts etc.

Historically, I've usually been able to get in before 0600 PST, at least
as of late.  However, it's coming up on 0900 PST, and the site appears to
be down.  In fact, I'm having problems tracing in past their router...

12  lang1br1-ge-1-3-0-0.ca.us.prserv.net (165.87.233.93)  60 ms  63 ms  60 
ms
13  sfra1br2-so-2-2-0-0.ca.us.prserv.net (165.87.233.34)  60 ms  58 ms  60
ms
14  sfra1sr1-0-0-0.ca.us.prserv.net (165.87.33.149)  60 ms  55 ms  57 ms
15  165.87.161.89 (165.87.161.89)  60 ms  64 ms  60 ms
16  ded1-fa0-1-0.scrm01.pbi.net (216.102.176.229)  60 ms  60 ms  60 ms
17  California-ISO-46OBRJ550236-001.cust-rtr.pacbell. (206.13.19.122)  61
ms  65 ms  60 ms
18  * * *
19  * * *
20  * * *
...

The nefarious "Slashdot effect" at work, or something else?  Maybe they
killed their webserver...  Because you know, every watt counts.  :P

--mec