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Twitter can't keep calm as some clocks are running slow in Europe
Some clocks are running 6 minutes slow all because of a row between two territories in the Europe and Twitter is losing its mind over it.
London: Some clocks are running 6 minutes slow all because of a row between two territories in the Europe and Twitter is losing its mind over it.
A user wrote, " I got a new reason now to say when I am late for meetings :)".
I got a new reason now to say when I am late for meetings :) https://t.co/NWIp9wtNZ1
— Saket Ranjan (@ranjansaket) March 9, 2018
This has been driving me mad - You've done a vital service here John", wrote another.
Another user wrote, " Yo... thread of the year? Educational, interesting, and a spectacular payoff? What's gonna beat it?"
Realllllyyyyy. I was wondering Why my oven and microwave kept getting further apart with the displayed time ...
— Dirk van Bergen (@dirkhvb) March 9, 2018
" Realllllyyyyy. I was wondering Why my oven and microwave kept getting further apart with the displayed time ...", tweeted another user.
John Hyphen, a Twitter user, explained the phenomenon as the consequence of a territorial dispute between Kosovo and Serbia.
This has been driving me mad - You've done a vital service here John. pic.twitter.com/NaIV9Dc1kp
— Jules Johnston (@JohnstonJules) March 8, 2018
Yo... thread of the year? Educational, interesting, and a spectacular payoff? What’s gonna beat it?
— Russ Laraway 🦅🌎⚓️ (@ral1) March 9, 2018
He further noted that the row has disrupted Europe's electric power grid, which is causing some electric clocks to run six minutes slower.
To substantiate it, he tweeted a threat of explanations. He concluded the thread with, "This unaccounted-for gap in electricity supply and demand has slightly unbalanced the whole European grid, lowering the frequency, like a leaky pipe lowering the water pressure. The lower frequency of the European grid means that the seconds have been dragging out noticeably longer for loads of clocks, putting them almost 6 minutes out of whack......and that's why I was late".
The lower frequency of the European grid means that the seconds have been dragging out noticeably longer for loads of clocks, putting them almost 6 minutes out of whack.
— 🌤John Hyphen🗳 (@JohnHyphen) March 7, 2018
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…and that’s why I was late.
