Seattle to shut down 'brain' next weekend

BY Josh Kerns  on August 27, 2012 @ 6:32 am (Updated: 8:05 am - 8/27/12 )

If you want to pay a parking ticket or renew your pet license in Seattle next weekend, don't bother trying. The city is giving its "brain" the weekend off.

The city is planning to shut down many of its computer servers stored in the Seattle Municipal Tower for maintenance.

City officials say they have to fix a power transmission problem causing overheating, causing a series of shutdowns between 6 p.m. Friday and the following Tuesday.

The shutdown will not impact 9-1-1 dispatching or other essential services. Utility customers still will be able to pay bills online to Seattle City Light and Seattle Public Utilities.

The repairs will cost $2.1 million.

In addition to the partial shutdown, the city says Neighborhood Service Centers will be closed on Saturday. The Seattle Animal Shelter will be open but will not be able to issue or renew pet licenses while the data center is shut down.

Josh Kerns, MyNorthwest.com Reporter
Josh Kerns is co-host of KIRO Radio's Seattle Sounds (Saturday nights 7-8) and a digital content producer for MyNorthwest.com.
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    Oh! I thought that it must be Druggie Fest next weekend!
    August 27, 2012 7:18 am
    Liberals have little in the line of brains and free will and lots of Dear Leader worship!
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  • CH wrote...
    I told them not to put a IBM card in the computer. How many days does it a conservative to fix a "brain"?
    August 27, 2012 7:43 am
    firegirl is the election to much for you? Get a can of beer and a bag of weed go in the back yard and chill out. Remember Im just joking like mittens. Want to see my taxes? Not going to show them to you.
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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    ch your mommies paid taxes
    August 27, 2012 7:49 am
    probably claims her little girl living in the basement as a write off.
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    CH: How many days does it a conservative to fix a "brain"?
    August 27, 2012 8:03 am
    What?! Again; proof marijuana IS bad for your brain.
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    I'm sorry but two words that DON'T go together in one sentence:
    August 27, 2012 8:02 am
    "Seattle" and "brain".
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  • Pressman wrote...
    2.1 Million ?
    August 27, 2012 10:12 am
    to run a new extension cord?
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  • HPD 5-0 wrote...
    Yes, Pressman.
    August 27, 2012 1:00 pm
    $2.1 Mil. Remember...it's Seattle, so it has to be done by union members. You'll have 25 people standing around, doing nothing, one person actually working and it will take twice as long as scheduled, therefore, running into overtime. When tested, it will fail, forcing yet more overtime work.
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  • Ted Bundi wrote...
    "Neighborhood Service Centers"
    August 27, 2012 3:43 pm
    Gee, how did they do it before computers?
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