Bellagio was built during Steve Wynn's tenure who was a stickler for details.
Separating primary & secondary systems is so obvious, I doubt that the design
engineers needed to be told this nor would Wynn have authorized such a small
cost savings relative to the $1.6 billion he overspent.
In LV, spin control is one of the top professions. If what was reported was
true, there are two implications:
1. That a huge property like Bellagio had no alternate grid in which to
route power.
2. That a bypass connection from the generator(s) to the main grid could not
be effected in a day. Now this is hard to believe even if the other stories
are true about not being able to perform tests with the affected area being
active.
It isn't hard to imagine, though, that PR Dept was burning the midnight oil
on what story to put out that would justify displacing thousands of guests &
losing millions in revenue & yet cause the least amount of outrage. The story
they chose has a razor-thin margin of believability.
In a message dated 4/15/2004 10:47:53 AM Pacific Standard Time,
vpFREE@yahoogroups.com writes:
<<< Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 07:36:16 -0700 (PDT)
Generators are usually fueled by, well, fuel (gas or
diesel) or they have a natural gas connection like
your stove.
I prefer Occam's Razor: "The simplest explanation is
usually the right explanation". Another razor I like
is "Never underestimate how stupid people can be". It
was reported that the main power cables (from power
company to building) burned up and took the backup
cables (from generator to building) with them because
some ijit who will never work again in Las Vegas ran
them through the same conduit in order to save what
was probably no more than a few thousand dollars. The
generator could have been operating perfectly, but the
power it produced had nowhere to go.>>>
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From: Carlos Lebron <calebron@swbell.net>
Subject: Re: Bellagio is back online