re: So the mayor of Lake Charles wasn't warned Entergy was about to shut down its power

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I don't think that they're automatic and the issue was the time between the power shut off and generators coming on line. If we had been warned, I'm sure that a lot of the prep could have been done so the time lag wouldn't have been nearly as bad. I don't believe that you just turn on generators of this size. All the water drained out of the system in that time lag, and they can't rebuild pressure b/c everyone still has their faucets open (like I said earlier, it's a Tragedy of the Commons situation in real time).

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More likely tBoy had his head up his arse and did not do his job.

How often do you suppose water system admins get a heads up a power failure is immanent?