Websites & Rolling Power Cuts

There has been quite a bit in the media recently about the usefulness of Tshwane and Eskom sites as a means of helping with the management of power cuts.

But they really don’t work! the information is not reliable / usable! See screenshots below

Eskom showed power cuts underway in their meter but stated they weren’t any on 22/01/08

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Tshwane showed no interruptions for more than an hour after the lights went out on 24/01/08

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I have many other cases where the information was not useful!

Another issue is that unless blessed with a UPS or generator or a wi-fi hotspot, there is nothing to see while the cut is underway! You then tend to look when power is back on and say well maybe its just because I wasn’t look before it went off.

Is there not another solution eg better prediction models, sms notification, warning by “pre shutdown”?

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