Lighter postal deliveries after power cut

[TrueBlueTerrier]

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Published Date: 03 February 2010
9.10am: Postal deliveries in the Peterborough area are reported to be lighter than usual today (Wednesday) for the PE1 and 3-6 postal areas.
This follows a power cut at the sorting office between 11pm last night and 6.15am this morning.

Areas affected (list from Wikipedia.com):
PE1
Peterborough, Eastfield, Eastgate, Dogsthorpe, Fengate, Newark, Parnwell
PE3
Peterborough, Bretton, Longthorpe, Netherton, Westwood, Ravensthorpe
PE4
Gunthorpe, Paston, Walton, Werrington
PE5
Ailsworth, Castor, Sutton
PE6
Baston, The Deepings

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A reply in the comments section had a lot more detail:

Punyetta,
03/02/2010 16:42:28
The power cut actually started at approx 2310. Power was reinstated externally (EDF)at approx 0200. However, there was a problem in the Royal Mail building and engineers couldn't get the whole of the office live and only emergency lighting worked from 0200 on. There is usually independent emergency back up power but it failed on this occasion.

Staff who's started work at 2200 were made to sit in the canteen and lounge area idle whilst the engineers tried to get the office and machinery powered up again. The lights, heating, drinking, eating and leisure facilities were all out. Vehicles couldn't get in or out of the building as the barriers did not function, however, staff were sent outside to put the barriers up permanently half way through the night.

Finally, management let staff go at 0545 having done nothing all night.

[Viewfindergeneral]

Lighter than usual? Oh that will be why I had 75 kg of mail then.

[axeman]

No back up tman will be gutted as he advocates there is even spare capacity , we have generators in case of power cuts etc... utter drivel if you rely on machines your doomed when it goes tits up tman eh !!