On Sun, 16 Sep 2007 01:30:38 -0500, J a c k
wrote:

B A R R Y wrote:

During the first genuine commercial power failure, there were people
carrying 5 gallon jugs up 12 1/2 stories of stairs to keep the
generators running.


Once started, the generators couldn't run their own pumps?


They were accidentally wired to the commercial side of the transfer
switch. During tests, commercial power was never removed, so the
pumps worked. The first time the power actually failed long enough to
use up the day tank... G