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I was going to post this. Thanks. Looks like Uruguay, Paraguay, south of Brazil, Bolivia are also affected. Several million people. It’s raining, no internet, t

I was going to post this. Thanks. Looks like Uruguay, Paraguay, south of Brazil, Bolivia are also affected. Several million people. It’s raining, no internet, this will be a long Sunday. Also today is father’s day, will be a celebration with candles like in XIX :)

cesarb 7y ago
> south of Brazil That sounded strange to me, since Brazil imports power from Uruguay and Argentina through somewhat small DC links, and if only them failing is enough to cause a blackout in Brazil, something was probably not configured correctly. So I went looking, and according to https://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2019/06/16/apagao-deixa-milhoes-sem-energia-na-argentina-e-no-uruguai.ghtml https://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2019/06/16/apagao-deixa-m... "deixou sem energia toda a Argentina, Uruguai, Paraguai e sul do Brasil", so Paraguay was also affected. Paraguay shares the huge Itaipu dam with Brazil, and a large amount of power in Brazil comes from the Itaipu dam, so if Paraguay was affected, Brazil (mostly the south and southwest) will probably also be affected. edit: the realtime graphs at http://www.ons.org.br/pt/paginas/energia-agora/carga-e-geracao http://www.ons.org.br/pt/paginas/energia-agora/carga-e-gerac... show a loss of around 1.3 GW of hydroelectric generation in the south region starting around 7:00 and ending around 10:00, matching the timing of the blackout.
- paulvs 7y ago
  According to Paraguayan news [1] (Spanish), the failure was on the Argentina side of the Yacyretá hydroelectric (which is shared by Argentina and Paraguay), not at the plant itself. Only a few Paraguayan towns close to the hydroelectric itself were affected, while Argentina and countries it resells electricity to were out of power.
  - davps 7y ago
    I can confirm, at Paraguay, only two small towns (Pilar y Ayolas) where affected and for a short period of time. Source: I live at Paraguay.
    - paulvs 7y ago
      Nice to see Paraguay present here on HN, I live here in Asunción. I also heard of some people near Luque without power Sunday and Monday, but I'd guess it was an unrelated ANDE incident.
jahitr 7y ago
I was on the Internet (In Argentina) the whole day. :)
freddie_mercury 7y ago
It isn't Father's Day in Uruguay, Brazil, or Bolivia. Not every country in the world celebrates holidays on the same day that US Congress designates them.
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cesarb 7y ago

> south of Brazil That sounded strange to me, since Brazil imports power from Uruguay and Argentina through somewhat small DC links, and if only them failing is enough to cause a blackout in Brazil, something was probably not configured correctly. So I went looking, and according to https://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2019/06/16/apagao-deixa-milhoes-sem-energia-na-argentina-e-no-uruguai.ghtml https://g1.globo.com/mundo/noticia/2019/06/16/apagao-deixa-m... "deixou sem energia toda a Argentina, Uruguai, Paraguai e sul do Brasil", so Paraguay was also affected. Paraguay shares the huge Itaipu dam with Brazil, and a large amount of power in Brazil comes from the Itaipu dam, so if Paraguay was affected, Brazil (mostly the south and southwest) will probably also be affected. edit: the realtime graphs at http://www.ons.org.br/pt/paginas/energia-agora/carga-e-geracao http://www.ons.org.br/pt/paginas/energia-agora/carga-e-gerac... show a loss of around 1.3 GW of hydroelectric generation in the south region starting around 7:00 and ending around 10:00, matching the timing of the blackout.

paulvs 7y ago
According to Paraguayan news [1] (Spanish), the failure was on the Argentina side of the Yacyretá hydroelectric (which is shared by Argentina and Paraguay), not at the plant itself. Only a few Paraguayan towns close to the hydroelectric itself were affected, while Argentina and countries it resells electricity to were out of power.
- davps 7y ago
  I can confirm, at Paraguay, only two small towns (Pilar y Ayolas) where affected and for a short period of time. Source: I live at Paraguay.
  - paulvs 7y ago
    Nice to see Paraguay present here on HN, I live here in Asunción. I also heard of some people near Luque without power Sunday and Monday, but I'd guess it was an unrelated ANDE incident.

jahitr 7y ago

I was on the Internet (In Argentina) the whole day. :)

freddie_mercury 7y ago

It isn't Father's Day in Uruguay, Brazil, or Bolivia. Not every country in the world celebrates holidays on the same day that US Congress designates them.

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