Alabama Power Outage Tonight

Just wanted to pass this note along from Alabama Power for those of you in Shelby County:

Planned emergency power outage tonight affecting select areas

BIRMINGHAM – Tonight Alabama Power is planning an emergency power outage for select areas along Highway 280.

Because of an equipment malfunction, emergency repair work must be performed on power lines serving areas along Highway 280 and Highway 41. These areas include Highland Lakes, Shoal Creek, Mt. Laurel, Greystone Farms and the City of Chelsea.

This will require an interruption of electric service from approximately midnight, Monday, Aug. 7, to 1 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 8. In addition, Alabama Power has attempted to contact the customers impacted by this outage via telephone.

We apologize for the inconvenience and will work to minimize the time customers are without electricity.
Posted by  
on August 7, 2006, 4:59 pm
Thanks for the heads up

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Posted by Mikey  
on August 7, 2006, 5:43 pm
Midnight will be August 8.

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Posted by  
on August 8, 2006, 6:30 am
Actually, midnight is August 7... one second after midnight it becomes August 8.

...23:59:58...23:59:59...24:00:00...00:00:01...00:00:02...

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Posted by Chris M.  
on August 8, 2006, 6:58 am
Wrong-O. My clocks at midnight starts the following day. 12:00, 24:00, or even 0000 hours.

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Posted by Mikey  
on August 8, 2006, 8:39 am
Anyone who has a computer (and a brain), like Chris M., knows that when the time changes to midnight, the date also changes.

I can't believe some people are even allowed to walk around.

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Posted by  
on August 8, 2006, 9:39 am
Hey that is what I say when my computer hits 12:00 00 the date changes too.

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Posted by  
on August 8, 2006, 12:04 pm
I have sent an email to the Time and Frequency Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology to seek a correct answer to this issue. I'll let you know what I find out.

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