Well, that's not good!

Speculations of terror attacks and stuff are flying, but everything I read indicates it's just a major failure.
 
Sounds like a design fault, they are talking a fire that was able to spread and take out both the main and redundant feeds.

Sounds like the "low bidder" did a minimum job on the firewalls.
 
Two redundant feeds and substations in one tunnel. One manual switch. It ain't rocket surgery.

Saw the 10PM news on Fox and they interviewed a football player from Colorado State trying to get home to Jacksonville. Reporter came on a few minutes later and there were people pulling up looking for the kid trying to help him out. Good story.
 
Don't blame the contractors for a design flaw this one falls on the Architect/Engineers. Contractors, low bid or not did not design the system. I face design issues all the time and bring it to the attention of the Engineers or GC. Usually it takes so long to get a response from them you have to continue with the project even when you know there are design issues. Often (not always) the designers are also pompous asses hiding behind a degree with absolutely zero practical application experience. I have worked on some switchgear under the terminal at HJ in another life but from the pictures I have seen I don't think this is the vault that failed. Cleveland Electric was already on site and I am sure will correct the problem as quickly as possible.
 
Way to go Chick-fil-a!!!

Chick-fil-A steps in to feed the stranded at Atlanta airport... on a Sunday
http://mashable.com/2017/12/18/chick-fil-a-sunday/#7kpw9fchvqqt

Chick-fil-A is an outstanding company and as good a citizen as any company I can think of. As if I needed another reason to eat at CF. Way to go guys. I think Mr. Cathy would be OK with this gesture. "For I was hungered and ye gave me meat, I was thirsty and ye gave me drink, I was a stranger and ye took me in" Matthew 25:35
 
Chick-fil-A is an outstanding company and as good a citizen as any company I can think of. As if I needed another reason to eat at CF. Way to go guys. I think Mr. Cathy would be OK with this gesture. "For I was hungered and ye gave me meat, I was thirsty and ye gave me drink, I was a stranger and ye took me in" Matthew 25:35
They're a little pricey but as far as I'm concerned some things are worth paying a little extra. Great company (and good food).
 
They're a little pricey but as far as I'm concerned some things are worth paying a little extra. Great company (and good food).
They are a great company and sincere in their beliefs.

What the gay community and parts of the political left tried to do to them a few years ago over Dan Cathy's personal beliefs was hateful and wrong.
 
Second underground fire that I know of at the airport, I was there for one a few years ago. The trains stopped running and we had three concourses worth of passengers trying to walk though the tunnel at the same time. It was a mess then and they had power in most places. Sounds like they didn't learn much.
 
Think if a car outside backfired or worse, someone shot off a couple rounds...with people on edge, the stampede would have likely hurt and possibly killed lots of people.
 
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