Entire Italian power supply cut (The whole country?!)

news.com.au ^ | September 28, 2003 | correspondents in Rome

[Destro]

Entire Italian power supply cut

From correspondents in Rome

September 28, 2003

POWER went out across Italy before dawn, police and news reports said, plunging the nation into darkness. Authorities did not immediately know the cause.

Reports of power outages started to come in around 4am local time (11am AEST) in Rome, where the city was celebrating an all-night party, with museums and restaurants open around the clock.

Later, the national electricity company ACEA said power was out across the nation, the ANSA news agency said.

"As far as we know it's all across Italy," police official Franca Sesti Miraglia said in Rome.

"We don't know the cause yet," she said.

[Destro]

Blast from the past (March, 2002): Sabotage! Huge Explosion topples High Voltage Pylon Connecting Greece and Italy near Albanian Border

[Destro]

Prophetic bump

someone practicing? The US has high power lines all throughout the lands.

33 posted on 03/20/2002 10:25 AM EST by PatrioticAmerican

[tubebender]

BUMP...

[birbear]

Did they practice on the U.S. North East last month, only to go to Italy for the full effect?

[FairOpinion]

WOW!!!

This is an update from the previous post of some power outage in Italy!

[nuconvert]

This is getting wierd. A week doesn't go by without 1 or 2 countries being hit by power outages.

[nutmeg]

ping!

[Brian S]

_jim has this all figured out I'm sure. Nothing to see here folks...the "pro's" have a handle on it!!!

Move along now...crowds of over 3 require a "permit". ;)

[CyberAnt]

Are they practicing for GREECE - where the Olympic games will be held - not sure what the date is - but I think it's the summer games of 2004.

[_Jim]

That's "pros" ...

[FairOpinion]

"where the city was celebrating an all-night party, with museums and restaurants open around the clock. "

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And of course this is just a mere "coincidence"...

[marron]

What did Bush know and when did he know it?

[_Jim]

Sabotage! Huge Explosion topples High Voltage Pylon Connecting Greece and Italy near Albanian Border

Hmmm ... something's missing - oh yeah, from the article:

"The cable, which can transport up to 400,000 volts of electricity, was not working at the time of the explosion and no power outages occurred."

Mark that as an effort in the category: "Removal of excess hype".

[_Jim]

And of course this is just a mere "coincidence"...

Nope. Of course not. Stay tuned and someome will spin an innane tale devoid of facts to fill an agenda ...

[Destro]

You do know that that linked article was from 2 years ago, right? Anyway it shows that there was a case of recent sabotage on Italy's power supply-the reason for posting it. No hype intended on my part.

[Orion78]

"The computer specialists also demonstrated the capability of shutting down the electrical power grid in the western United States during the war game, say officials familiar with the exercise."

CIA: Russia, China working on information warfare (6/21/01)

[HAL9000]

(The whole country?!)

No. Sardinia still has power.

[Destro]

By the way, seeing as you are not a long time follower of these Balkan events--that Greek power pylon was about to go live just before the sabotage.

[Destro]

What about Sicily?

[MEG33]

We Are All Going to DIE!