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Power cut in Zurich City

Anyone stuck in it? Duh - I suppose you wouldn't be able to post, would you?

Apparently a digger bashed a power line on Rämistrasse at around 11 am this morning causing a blackout in Kreis 1, 6 and 8.

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Old 26.01.2012, 12:10
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Anyone stuck in it? Duh - I suppose you wouldn't be able to post, would you?

Apparently a digger bashed a power line on Rämistrasse at around 11 am this morning causing a blackout in Kreis 1, 6 and 8.

Enjoy your time off
(Un)fortunately, we still have electricity in our office.
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Old 26.01.2012, 12:14
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Re: Power cut in Zurich City

Me too - at Kreuzplatz - sooo close to having an excuse of an afternoon off!

Hope nobody's at the dentist right now...
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Re: Power cut in Zurich City

Sounds like it'll last till at least 13:30 http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/zuerich/...story/22541417
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Re: Power cut in Zurich City

I was stuck in it, at Kunsthaus, but I was able to get a bus to Central where I could get a tram.
It was quite annoying that the tram I needed to get back to work was sitting just outside the station. But at least I could get somewhere.
Glad to know what it was. thanks. I was getting a bit peeved that there were no announcements because I'm a Dilbert and didn't connect that they needed electricity to do that. Doh.
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Re: Power cut in Zurich City

Here is another article from 20 minuten: http://www.20min.ch/news/zuerich/sto...still-24741929 - I like the headline - Zurich Stands Still!!!
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Old 26.01.2012, 13:54
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Re: Power cut in Zurich City

I was on the tram when it happened, it was quite eerie! No traffic lights, no bells, no light in the stores...
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Re: Power cut in Zurich City

No 'Blick Am Abend'! A true disaster!
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