Blackout hits SE UK

CNBC ^ | 8/28/2003 | CNBC

[_Jim]

These guys have since gone public with their findings, so I can direct you to their site:

www.softswitch.com/news.htm

News & Events

Aug 27, 2003 - I-Grid Displays Propagation of Power Outage

The I-Grid Power Monitoring System recorded the propagation of the event from the Midwest to the East Coast. The following maps summarize reported data from over 200 power quality monitors.

[fivecatsandadog]

Blame OHIO!

[_Jim]

Big, wide state - they can take it ... right?

[MarMema]

Sept 11th is on a thursday this year. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Not only that but it falls exactly into the 2 week rotation, if you consider our blackout to be the first day.

[TYVets]

"The alarm system was the only system that was not functioning."

Oh yes, the electric grid for 10 million people is also not working right now.

[floriduh voter]

Did Kerry blame Bush yet?

[Winniesboy]

"There is not one private residence in the UK with air conditioning. Not one."

Er...sorry, but I have air-conditioning in my house, which is in the South West of England. It's true, however, that domestic air-conditioning in the UK is still a comparative rarity - really not needed - though now increasingly common in public buildings, trains, buses etc.

[CJ Wolf]

I used to mount 1/2" tapes on old Pertec tape drives to backup the files on our T-50 and T-200 "Disk Packs" on 990/12 minis ...

You and I have something in common then, in a former job, I used to back up BBN C70s and the NAS to tape. I can still hear the whirl of the rewind. Fun stuff.

BTW, I do get your point _Jim.

[Conservative4Ever]

I would guess more than 10 if it is anything like we have here in our area. Little blackouts where the power does a hiccup. I'm talking about the magnitude of NY and London.

Red

[Conservative4Ever]

Thanks for the link, don't remember hearing that story at all.

Red

[_Jim]

I would guess more than 10 if it is anything like we have here in our area. Little blackouts where the power does a hiccup. I'm talking about the magnitude of NY and London.

So am I ... and it is more than 10 ... it's usually over 30 so-called 'events' a year, events that meet a minimum criteria, events on a LARGE scale to be sure ... like 'load shedding' actions resulting in the reduction of over 100 megawatts or power ... events or occurrences which resulted in a continuous interruption for three hours or longer to over 50,000 customers, or more than 50% of the total customers [in an area] being served immediately prior to the interruption ... loss of loads from 200 to 300 MW depending on system size ...

What?

Do you think I just make this stuff up?

[bob2]

I'd like to alert all that a major blackout occurred in the Sydney CBD today, also attributed a problem with the rail network