Author: Kristian Fiskerstrand

ROFL:

Up till 100,000 people, or about a quarter of the geographical area of Oslo was out of power for about an hour today. Well, lucky me, I wasn't amongst them.

The reason for it is most probably lighting related, and there have been reported fires in two transformation stations. The subway services were affected and out of service, and multiple trains were stuck in tunnels.

"It isn't often the power goes in such large areas," said information adviser Kjersti Kirkeby at power supplier Hafslund's technical services division.

What gets my attention is the lack of redundancy, if affecting two stations is enough to cut power in large parts of the city, what if you simultaniusly demage four, or six. Businesses are dependant on technology, and far from all have emergency generators and proper Uninterruptable Power Supplies.

The situation between Libanon and Israel keeps escalading, lates with Israel bombing United Nations (UN) posts for several hours, and at least 4 getting killed in a direct hit from an Israeli tank yesterday.

Israel has been in conflict with Palestina for way too long without having seen any reactions due to it. Especially the lack of response from the USA is devastating. Now, the reason for Israel getting the support it does is most probably related to religious reasons, as well as the number of Israeli citizens living in the US, but hopefully the latest happenings will put Israel in a more critical light, they have had a cart blance too long and should be evaluated on the same terms as others, without religious believes interfering.

I myself have clients that grew up and lives in Libanon, the last time we spoke he said "man, I'm not sleeping, we have to guard our buildings". His brother was stationed at the Presidential Palace, and he lives in fear that his brother might be in it at the time of a bombing.

Interestingly enough he welcomes support from troops against the Hizballah, whether Israeli or from somewhere else.

Good luck to all living in or around Libanon.