Comment by toast0
5 days ago
If access to the site is unsafe and thus the site is closed; not having access seems reasonable.
Time services are available from other locations. That's the disaster plan. I'm sure there will be some negative consequences from this downtime, especially if all the Boulder reference time sources lose power, but disaster plans mitigate negative consequences, they can't eliminate them.
Utility power fails, automatic transfer switches fail, backup generators fail, building fires happen, etc. Sometimes the system has to be shut down.
At this time the local power utility shows: Total of 140 outages affecting 24,981 customers. [1]
Remember - the Marshall fire started on December 30, 2021 under similar high wind conditions. [2] 1,000 structures destroyed, two deaths.
[1] https://co.my.xcelenergy.com/s/outage-safety/outage-map
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_Fire