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So our hospital went on back-up power yesterday. ALL electricity was out for like 10 seconds and then the back-up generators kicked in. That was a

Posted by James Bond (aka Igor) (aka Igor) Apr 23 '12, 20:07

really strange movement. Then a decent amount of places didn't have light. It was scheduled so we learned about it like an hour beforehand. CT/ MRI was down the whole time.
We were put on all trauma diversion. Become a slow night.

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how many hours does your hospital have? -- nm - loosi Apr 23, 20:16 7
- I don't know, but I wondered about that. Overall a decent amount of things worked (elevators, most computers). But all imaging was down. Hall walls - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 23, 20:20 6
  - Do they have diesel generators? or is that battery power? -- nm - zeitgeist Apr 23, 21:01 2
    - I have no idea. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 23, 21:22
    - should be diesel. -- nm - loosi Apr 23, 21:02
  - I can't remember the new standard. I want to say 72 hours. -- nm - loosi Apr 23, 20:23 2
    - Oh, that is a lot of power. But certainly makes sense. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Apr 23, 20:26 1
      - google is failing me! it's the standard I was using for NLE 11 (the mega earthquake scenario). - loosi Apr 23, 20:27

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