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Present - The Weather Channel 2000 => Everything Else TWC => Topic started by: Spring Rubber on February 07, 2008, 09:06:13 PM
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At some point yesterday, a light on the big backdrop actually burned out. Now, the whole right side of the backdrop looks as it does when the main studio lights are off. It looks okay with the Day Planner backdrop, but it looks bad with the Your Weather Today backdrop but horrible with the Evening Edition backdrop. It's time to get the repair crew out there!
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At some point yesterday, a light on the big backdrop actually burned out. Now, the whole right side of the backdrop looks as it does when the main studio lights are off. It looks okay with the Day Planner backdrop, but it looks bad with the Your Weather Today backdrop but horrible with the Evening Edition backdrop. It's time to get the repair crew out there!
:huh:
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vic, you can't be serious. if you don't know what he is talking about don't even bother replying.... :rolleyes:
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vic, you can't be serious. if you don't know what he is talking about don't even bother replying.... :rolleyes:
I do know and it just doesn't make sense
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Victor, I'm talking about the big backdrop behind the desk used for EE, YWT, etc. One of the lights behind it that help illuminate it burned out, making the whole right side look dark just as it does when they turn most of the lights off during the lower-rated hours of the day.
Lights continued to burn out tonight as before Abrams & Bettes began, some lights behind the A&B desk burned out, making the background look horribly dark. They spent the first three segments of the show using only the stand up area off to the side and the key wall until they could get the crew in there to fix the lighting. They finally returned to the desk at :20 past.
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Oh i see. Must be a scary sight :wacko:
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Victor, I'm talking about the big backdrop behind the desk used for EE, YWT, etc. One of the lights behind it that help illuminate it burned out, making the whole right side look dark just as it does when they turn most of the lights off during the lower-rated hours of the day.
Lights continued to burn out tonight as before Abrams & Bettes began, some lights behind the A&B desk burned out, making the background look horribly dark. They spent the first three segments of the show using only the stand up area off to the side and the key wall until they could get the crew in there to fix the lighting. They finally returned to the desk at :20 past.
after affects of the power serge finally hitting them, eh? :P
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after affects of the power serge finally hitting them, eh? :P
It wasn't a power surge that night, it was a water leak from what I understand. :yes:
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after affects of the power serge finally hitting them, eh? :P
It wasn't a power surge that night, it was a water leak from what I understand. :yes:
It was both, IIRC. A water leak caused the power surge, or something like that. ;)
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It was both, IIRC. A water leak caused the power surge, or something like that. ;)
Either that, or they noticed it, and it forced them to have to shut down the power to the building so they could repair it.
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I heard it was a power surge which caused an electrical fire and damaged alot of equipment.
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I heard it was a power surge which caused an electrical fire and damaged alot of equipment.
again?
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Oh, we're talking about ANOTHER incident? :shocked:
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Oh, we're talking about ANOTHER incident? :shocked:
yep :yes:
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Good grief. When it rains, it pours eh? :shocked:
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Good grief. When it rains, it pours eh? :shocked:
yeah
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I think we're getting two separate things mixed up here. Back on January 21st, the major "meltdown" happened (whatever it was power surge, water leak, power outage, etc). But nothing else major has happened since then. Just a couple of lights have burnt out in the studio.
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Its about time twc replaces the lights anyways
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Oh, we're talking about ANOTHER incident? :shocked:
yep :yes:
No we aren't, Victor. We're talking about the events that occurred the night on January 21 (which was caused by a water leak in the studios from what I've heard). ;)
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wait what? when did this incident occur? i was referring to the one that shut twc down for over (under?) 24 hours.
from what i heard, it was def. an electrical power serge that fried some of their on-air equipment, i don't see how a water leak would lead twc to cease operations.
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Al, we're talking about the incident that occurred on about 9:30 PM CT on the evening of January 21st (which caused TWC to be down for several hours).
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the melt down, yeah i figured that out.
from what i heard, it was def. an electrical power serge that fried some of their on-air equipment, i don't see how a water leak would lead twc to cease operations.
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i don't see how a water leak would lead twc to cease operations.
Umm, I don't know if you know this or not, but water and electrical equipment does not mix. ;)
BTW, this is where I heard about the water leak: http://www.twcclassics.com/forums/index.php?s=&showtopic=8388&view=findpost&p=134667
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well obviously...but if it was a controllable leak, they wouldn't have to cease operations and take over 5 hours to recover.
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well obviously...but if it was a controllable leak, they wouldn't have to cease operations and take over 5 hours to recover.
The leak shorted out some electrical equipment. An electrical short will knock things out for a while. ;)
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The leak shorted out some electrical equipment. An electrical short will knock things out for a while. ;)
My point exactly. ;)
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you see this is where i got lost...i thought they knew about the leak. though (after reading that post) they didn't find out until after an evacuation of the building, and ceasing operations.
stephen, don't speak to me like i'm stupid. i know that water and electricity don't mix...
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stephen, don't speak to me like i'm stupid. i know that water and electricity don't mix...
I didn't mean to. I was just trying to explain to you exactly what had happened that night (according to TWC). B)
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What caused the leak?
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What caused the leak?
A mechanical failure. :yes:
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What caused the leak?
A mechanical failure. :yes:
gotcha
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I clicked the link you provided Stephen, but I get a broken link error. IS this info from a relaible source? I ask because I've seen lots of info about the incident, but never once a reference to a water leak.
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I clicked the link you provided Stephen, but I get a broken link error. IS this info from a relaible source? I ask because I've seen lots of info about the incident, but never once a reference to a water leak.
Weird. The link works fine for me. :unsure: Yes, it's from the TWC president, Debora Wilson.
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I clicked the link you provided Stephen, but I get a broken link error. IS this info from a relaible source? I ask because I've seen lots of info about the incident, but never once a reference to a water leak.
Yeah, I can confirm that a) that is reliable (some how someone got ahold of an internal memo and posted it) and that b) it was a water leak that got in to power equipment which shorted out important equipment.
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Then that's pure negligence on their part. How do you let a water leak go long enough to damage equipment?
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Then that's pure negligence on their part. How do you let a water leak go long enough to damage equipment?
They probably didn't have any idea that that was happening until the power went out.
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The damage cause an electical fire to the equipment?
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The damage cause an electical fire to the equipment?
There was no fire of any sorts.
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Then that's pure negligence on their part. How do you let a water leak go long enough to damage equipment?
They probably didn't have any idea that that was happening until the power went out.
That's why its negligence. When you have all that expensive equipment, you've GOT to be alert for anything that could harm it.
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Then that's pure negligence on their part. How do you let a water leak go long enough to damage equipment?
Mechanical Failure caused water to leak at an alarming rate, but again, you think it would have been able to be stopped or maintained. But then again, no one noticed it until the litteral "BANG" that was heard through out the building.
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Then that's pure negligence on their part. How do you let a water leak go long enough to damage equipment?
Mechanical Failure caused water to leak at an alarming rate, but again, you think it would have been able to be stopped or maintained. But then again, no one noticed it until the litteral "BANG" that was heard through out the building.
Exactly. You'd think someone would've seen something and stopped the leak before it was too late. I'd imagine there'd have to be a considerable amount of water to create a bang that big.
Is there any clue as to what type of leak it was, i.e.e a ceiling leak, or a floor leak, etc.?
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I prefer the "rogue master control operator with a water cooler" theory that I just made up. :P