Not a good friday morning! I've got this message from our Building administration regarding power outage in Downtown DC. All my servers are shutdown. This is the second time for year 2008. Tsk.

Pepco reported the failure of a substation located in China Town (7th and H Streets., NW), causing outages in the downtown area. Please be advised power has been restored to the building, though we recommend you monitor critical operations in case of another power grid failure.

Also, Metro is reporting delays of over an hour on the Red Line. A small fire on the tracks in the Metro Center area has been put out, but major delays continue. Additionally, at least Dupont Circle, Shaw-Howard U, Farragut North, Farragut West and McPherson Square Metrorail stations have no power. Non-Red Line service is operating normally in those stations, but with low (emergency) lighting. Avoid Metrorail entirely if you were planning to use the Red Line.

We will provide further updates as received. Thank you.