Re: outage

Quoting Brian May (brian@linuxpenguins.xyz):

A classic example is the "signal failure" excuse that is vastly overused by Metro trains and prior companies. We rarely hear what went wrong, unless it results in being able to divert blame (rightly or wrongly) onto somebody else (e.g. possum getting electrocuted and shorting high voltage power or lightning strike).

I'm reminded about the old British Rail gag about 'the wrong type of snow' being cited as an excuse for problems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wrong_type_of_snow