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Cascading power outage stopped short of Pittsburgh [How Valley Forge Kept Penna Turned On]
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ^
| Friday, August 15, 2003
| Frank Reeves and Lillian Thomas, Post-Gazette Staff Writers
Posted on 08/15/2003 2:10:06 AM PDT by Petronski
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:35:17 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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While the cascading blackouts that rolled west from New York took out close neighbors Erie, Akron and Cleveland, they stopped short of Pittsburgh.
Southwestern Pennsylvania was spared largely because it's on a different power transmission system and its equipment knew when to shut itself off.
(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: blackout; hicleveland; pittsburgh; powergrids
Officials at [PJM in Valley Forge PA] that said that automatic safeguards already in place and a more robust system were responsible for the fact that it withstood the cascading outages.
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posted on
08/15/2003 2:10:07 AM PDT
by
Petronski
To: Petronski
We were sweating bullets at 6 o'clock waiting to see if the grid was going to hold. The disruption to our business was bad enough in the NE and MW. Had it hit Pittsburgh, I'd be on a plane to someplace else now. Today is going to be a long day.
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posted on
08/15/2003 3:10:19 AM PDT
by
Glenn
(What were you thinking, Al?)
To: Petronski
in the 67 blackout most of Pennsylvania still had power also...
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posted on
08/15/2003 3:54:12 AM PDT
by
LadyDoc
To: Petronski
Just so my Pennsylvania Power & Light stock does not go down.
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posted on
08/15/2003 7:16:29 AM PDT
by
bmwcyle
(Here's to Hillary's book sinking like the Clinton 2000 economy)
To: Willie Green
Ping
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posted on
08/15/2003 7:20:47 AM PDT
by
Petronski
(I'm not always cranky.)
To: martin_fierro; *Pittsburgh
For your information.
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posted on
08/15/2003 7:50:11 AM PDT
by
Petronski
(I'm not always cranky.)
To: 3catsanadog; agrace; annyokie; Atlantin; Ayn Rand wannabe; Badray; Benrand; bloodmeridian; ...
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posted on
08/15/2003 7:52:22 AM PDT
by
martin_fierro
(A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
To: Petronski
Even out here in the sticks (W.Va. panhandle, 45 miles from Pgh), we happily sat in lighted, air-conditioned homes. Looks like the closest city affected was Canton.
To: martin_fierro; mountaineer
hA! them PA jagoffs know how to do something right!
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posted on
08/15/2003 8:20:20 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: mountaineer
Where at in W.Va? Know where the Red Dog Saloon is located on Rt. 30 in PA? Know where the Waterford Downs race track is? Know where that good pizza place is in Wellsville, Ohio (the guy used to have the pizza concession at Waterford Downs)? :D
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posted on
08/15/2003 8:30:39 AM PDT
by
Matchett-PI
(Why do America's enemies desperately want DemocRATS back in power?)
To: Matchett-PI
Between Wheeling and Weirton. I'm not familiar with the Red Dog, nor have I visited Wellsville, but Waterford Downs is now Mountaineer Resort and Gaming Center, complete with slot machines, a spa, a concert venue, a fancy hotel and all kinds of amenities (oh yes, and there still is a racetrack).
To: Petronski
power outage probably still trying to get into the Ft Pitt tunnel
To: Petronski
Not surprising -- doesn't everything arrive in Pittsburgh 10 years late? :-)
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posted on
08/15/2003 9:01:30 AM PDT
by
ellery
To: nkycincinnatikid
LOL, it got lost in the West End detour (like most of us).
To: mountaineer
"...here in the sticks (W.Va. panhandle, 45 miles from Pgh), we happily sat in lighted, air-conditioned homes." C'mon now. Everyone knows that in West (By God) Virginia, "lighted" means lanterns and "air-conditioned" means that the screen door is open.
(((((ducking)))))
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posted on
08/15/2003 11:36:55 AM PDT
by
Badray
(Molon Labe!)
To: Badray
I can't really deny it.
To: mountaineer
You're a good sport, but I'm still gonna duck the next time I see you. LOL
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posted on
08/15/2003 8:52:17 PM PDT
by
Badray
(Molon Labe!)
To: Petronski
Holland, Michigan survived too - they have their own municipally owned generating plants - and Thursday afternoon they just happened to be operating 'off the grid'!
Way to go Holland!
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posted on
08/15/2003 9:23:33 PM PDT
by
_Jim
(First INDICT the ham sandwhich ... the next step is to CONVICT it ...)
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