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In 1987 a 90-minute loss of power to Nasdaq's automated trading computer, caused by a squirrel, affected twenty million trades. [9] [17] [18] Nasdaq was shut down for about 30 minutes again in 2014 by a squirrel-induced power outage.
The largest wildfire in Texas history was caused by a power line after a pole that “appeared to be decayed at the base” fell into a grassy area, a Texas A&M Forest Service investigator ...
General Motors, and other automobile manufacturers, have also begun using side-post battery terminals, which consist of two recessed female 3/8" threads (SAE 3/8-16) into which bolts or various battery terminal adapters are to be attached. These side posts are of the same size and do not prevent incorrect polarity connections.
They were fitted with a single pole mast for signaling purposes. [6] The ships' crew varied over the course of her career, consisting of 3–5 officers and 62–73 enlisted men. The ships carried a number of smaller boats, including one picket boat, one launch, one cutter, one yawl, and one dinghy. Steering was controlled via a single rudder.
A car that crashed into a power pole shut down Turner Road near Airway Drive and triggered an hours-long power outage Thursday morning. Salem Police reported the crash around 8 a.m. and said there ...
A guy-wire, guy-line, guy-rope, down guy, or stay, also called simply a guy, is a tensioned cable designed to add stability to a freestanding structure. They are used commonly for ship masts, radio masts, wind turbines, utility poles, and tents. A thin vertical mast supported by guy wires is called a guyed mast.
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No one was injured, but the battleship remained stuck for over two weeks before being freed from the sand. The ship was so damaged that she had to return to port and enter dry dock for repairs. After the battleship was freed, a naval court of inquiry found Captain William D. Brown and a handful of other naval officers guilty of negligence ...