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Rolling blackouts strike Southern Calif. (again)
- From: Fergie (Paul Ferguson)
- Date: Fri Aug 26 00:13:40 2005
Forget about cyber-terror threats to the national power
grid -- just leave it to the keepers of the Volt.
[snip]
Sweltering heat and the loss of a key transmission line Thursday forced power officials in Southern California to impose rolling blackouts, leaving as many as half a million people without power for about half an hour, officials said.
The California Independent System Operator, which operates the state’s electric grid, declared a transmission emergency at 3:57 p.m., said ISO spokeswoman Stephanie McCorkle.
[snip]
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9078840/
I'd be interested to hear if there were any noticeable residual
issues.
- ferg
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"Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson
Engineering Architecture for the Internet
fergdawg@netzero.net or fergdawg@sbcglobal.net
ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/
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