[crabbie]

When we had the blackout in August, wasn't our entire section affected? I also remember seeing somewhere on an FR thread a list of power outages by date. In retrospect it seems that the one we experienced was the dress rehersal for a full blown outage of an entire section when compared to the individual location outages listed.

I still wonder about the 3 Norad sections. I am going through the thread from several days ago when the Air France plane was escorted to LAX. I think the Norad map was posted on that thread.

[JustPiper]

World-wide Power Outage Planned — 72hr. minimum
time frame developing. . .

Steve,

I've worked in the control room for a large electric utility in Iowa for over 10 years. Up until 9-11 we have never trained for massive outages. However, the company in conjunction with other adjacent companies are simulating what the industry calls BLACK START. This is in anticipation of total electric failure. I believe this is no coincidence.

Frank — Received 10-17-03

Noteworthy Power Outages:

Ruidoso, NM — December 28
San Francisco — December 21
Wales — December 17
Kaua'i — December 15
Ireland — December 6
Cape Code. MA — December 1
Chile — November 7
Bahamas — November 6
Brazil — October 29 - 31
Bangladesh — October 30
UK — October 17
Argentina — October 16
Guam — October 12
Australia — October 9
Czech Republic — October 8
Israeli Power Outage — October 4
Italy / Switzerland — September 28
Sweden / east. Denmark — September 2
Yucatan Peninsula — September 2
England — August 28
Rep. of Georgia — August 19
US / Canada — August 14 - 15