UPDATING Post no. 1186:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,332808,00.html
(AP)
“Grid Problems Cause Florida Power Outages, Shut Down Nuclear Plant”
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The utility said it was trying to determine what caused equipment failure and a fire at the substation that led to the outage. The company said such equipment failure should not have caused the widespread blackouts.
A FPL spokesman initially said its nuclear plant caused the outages to about a fifth of Florida’s population. But the utility’s nuclear spokesman, Dick Winn, later said grid problems caused both Turkey Point reactors to shut down.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Several Miami-area hospitals switched to backup generators when the power went out. Miami-Dade schools were scheduled to be dismissed on time, and officials said school buses would be running.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Bob Wild, a sports marketing consultant who lives in Miami’s southern Kendall neighborhood, said he didn’t even notice the outage, thanks to his home’s generator.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=pakistan
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http://www.jamestown.org/terrorism/news/article.php?articleid=2373989
(TERRORISM MONITOR)
“The Pakistan Connection to the United Kingdom’s Jihad Network”
By James Brandon
Its nice to be right once in a while. :P
I find it hard to believe it’s a “grid problem.” The weather is so pleasant, it’s unbelievable. Wouldn’t the “grid” overload during the hot summer months, when everyone’s got their AC running full blast?
Fyi Only.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN2749522920080228
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“Loss of wind causes Texas power grid emergency”
Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:11pm EST
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “HOUSTON (Reuters) - A drop in wind generation late on Tuesday, coupled with colder weather, triggered an electric emergency that caused the Texas grid operator to cut service to some large customers, the grid agency said on Wednesday.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “No other customers lost power during the emergency, ERCOT said. Interruptible customers were restored in about 90 minutes and the emergency was over in three hours.
ERCOT said the grid’s frequency dropped suddenly when wind production fell from more than 1,700 megawatts, before the event, to 300 MW when the emergency was declared.”