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More big blackouts likely, experts agree

February 13, 2004
BY BRAD FOSS
ASSOCIATED PRESS

(SNIP) Six months after the nation's worst blackout, experts say the electric grid is still vulnerable to widespread outages because many of the problems that contributed to the massive failure have not been resolved.....
3,074 posted on 02/13/2004 11:22:41 AM PST by milkncookies (As Napoleon said, "Never ascribe to malice that which is adequately explained by incompetence.")
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"SNIP) Six months after the nation's worst blackout, experts say the electric grid is still vulnerable to widespread outages because many of the problems that contributed to the massive failure have not been resolved....."

And for an extra 50 bucks a month on your electric bill...We will pretend to fix it, but only make it more likely to be brought down from a single computer hacker.
3,144 posted on 02/13/2004 4:07:59 PM PST by Revel
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