Colorado Windstorm Disrupts U.S. Official Time by Microseconds
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A power outage at NIST in Boulder caused a disruption in atomic clock operations, affecting internet time servers globally. Backup systems were activated, restoring accurate time within nanoseconds, but the incident highlights the critical role of atomic clocks in modern technology like GPS and financial systems.
- Fire-weather alert in Colorado knocked out timekeeping across the internet WRAL
- Some of the World’s Atomic Clocks Were Off Last Week (by 5-Millionths of a Second) The New York Times
- How a power outage in Colorado caused U.S. official time to be 4.8 microseconds off NPR
- Power outage in Boulder area affects atomic clock, "Time is not broken" NIST says CBS News
- Colorado Windstorm Causes 4.8 Microsecond Glitch in Official US Time Gizmodo
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