tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post5882292341992086171..comments2023-11-05T06:26:51.316-05:00Comments on Gannett Blog: Memo: Power outage shuts down La. sitesJim Hopkinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-11276176479435335572012-07-22T22:07:12.305-04:002012-07-22T22:07:12.305-04:00Tech flys into Shreveport from JT Pack twice a yea...Tech flys into Shreveport from JT Pack twice a year to do pm on ups. Shreveport runs generator every Thursday on auto start. Shreveport has licensed electrician on staff that installed all of this equipment and was there Wednesday night. I love Monday morning quarter backs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-39159088935977713202012-07-22T21:58:19.736-04:002012-07-22T21:58:19.736-04:00PMs are done under contract in Shreveport as well....PMs are done under contract in Shreveport as well. Get all the facts on this event before you make assumptions, this generator has been maintained as well as the UPS. Zanmiller made sure of that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-44366253418724816812012-07-22T21:52:52.463-04:002012-07-22T21:52:52.463-04:00Shreveport runs every Thursday. Same licensed ele...Shreveport runs every Thursday. Same licensed electrician that installed generator in 06 and new ups system the same year was on hand Wednesday night during the outage. By the way he is a gannett employee. There was an outage just over a month ago and all went well as it has on 4 other occasions since it was installed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-76743158709378492612012-07-22T18:28:06.481-04:002012-07-22T18:28:06.481-04:006:01 I removed your comment because you accused so...6:01 I removed your comment because you accused someone -- by name -- of making sexual advances toward an employee without offering any proof.Jim Hopkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16712746705871119746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-68869321179930915482012-07-22T18:01:59.193-04:002012-07-22T18:01:59.193-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-71937362369577541892012-07-20T06:31:52.776-04:002012-07-20T06:31:52.776-04:00"Use Service Desk Web Self Service to search ..."Use Service Desk Web Self Service to search for knowledge ..."<br /><br />BWA-HAH-HA-HAH!!!! Oooh, that's rich.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-38739374489806522432012-07-19T22:17:53.301-04:002012-07-19T22:17:53.301-04:00Yeah 5:26-you know what you're talking about. ...Yeah 5:26-you know what you're talking about. Building electricians don't mess with $350,000 UPS systems and transfer switches. It's not like the little battery back up UPS under your desk to save the info on your computer. In Phoenix, the UPS systems are under a service contract and insured, so long as authorized personnel work on them. We always keep 400 amp fuses lying around Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-60893829292553926472012-07-19T20:34:48.034-04:002012-07-19T20:34:48.034-04:00Agree - in their never ending effort to get things...Agree - in their never ending effort to get things done on the cheap, Gannett has asked too much from staff in the past. It all boils down to the company taking critical assets for granted and not spending adequately to keep things in a reliable condition. Not sure if ABM has enough money in the Gannett contract to do a top notch job or not but a real electrician doing electrical work is a goodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-37851562433775299272012-07-19T18:50:31.418-04:002012-07-19T18:50:31.418-04:005:36pm - you are 50% correct in the cause of the U...5:36pm - you are 50% correct in the cause of the UPS failure at Florida Today. The root cause was lack of maintenance for cost savings. Hell, look at the rest of the building, leaking windows, drywall falling down and let's not overlook the mildew smell throughout the building. The blame can only be on those who cut the maintenance budget to look good. I wonder if the savings from not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-27506885549989041872012-07-19T17:26:30.432-04:002012-07-19T17:26:30.432-04:00Similar situation happened at the Florida Today a ...Similar situation happened at the Florida Today a few weeks ago. No maintenance to the UPS system caused it to fail. That caused a fuse to blow followed by a brown out. Building maintenance failure to do there job is what caused the situation they did not even have the fuse on hand causing even more delays. ABM say what you want. They have atleast recognized that what FT refered to as an Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-62408934157671168262012-07-19T15:29:54.013-04:002012-07-19T15:29:54.013-04:00When facilities and job functions are consolidated...When facilities and job functions are consolidated (such has been the case with a lot of companies such as Gannett) - maintenance is all the more critical. Gannett has typically done the absolute least they can do maintaining their facilities/equipment in recent past and now they are trying to do even less by outsourcing all the maintenance to the lowest bidder. A few more events such as this Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-46600806207182098022012-07-19T12:30:45.390-04:002012-07-19T12:30:45.390-04:00So, re the memo, if the power was out, how could a...So, re the memo, if the power was out, how could anyone visit the Gannett Midwest IT Service desk? <br /><br />And, as another person mentioned here, we're just waiting for the day the Des Moines hub goes down. They never have bad weather in Iowa!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-83839020074589224482012-07-19T09:49:28.712-04:002012-07-19T09:49:28.712-04:00And here's the downside to consolidation. Inst...And here's the downside to consolidation. Instead of just one site losing power in the past, now a failure impacts multiple ones.<br /><br />God forbid this ever happens to a design hub...although the computer system going bonkers a few months back produced the same result.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8099437767970534324.post-33927594260044437482012-07-19T07:38:15.733-04:002012-07-19T07:38:15.733-04:00Must have the same emergency generators as the Fuk...Must have the same emergency generators as the Fukushima nuclear facility in Japan. Probably got a great deal on them.<br /><br />On a related subject, I see an Australian billionaire is building a new luxury liner - the Titanic II. Can't wait to buy a ticket . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com