[BohDaThone]

I don't know if it is true this time, or not, but the 1977 blackout was EXACTLY precipitated by a lighting strike on agiant transmission line and junction.

[Im Your Huckleberry]

Have you looked at a weather map today? Do so.

[BohDaThone]

Page 12 of THIS report

http://www.wws.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/byteserv.prl/~ota/disk2/1990/9034/9034.PDF

Specifically says that the 1977 blackout began with a series of sever lightning strokes.

The source document is a 1990 report on general vulnerability of the power grid to natural disasters. From the COngressional office of Technology assessment

[angcat]

I remember that, Yonkers was out also. I know we were all shitting our pants with Son of Sam and with no lights it made the situation just worse. Memories!