[Dog Gone]

The blackouts could conceivably spread throughout the Eastern Interconnect, but it wouldn't cross into the Western half of the country, or into the Texas Interconnect.

[eddie willers]

but it wouldn't cross into the Western half of the country, or into the Texas Interconnect.

Figure Georgia's safe?

[FairOpinion]

"but it wouldn't cross into the Western half of the country, or into the Texas Interconnect. "

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Not unless it's deliberate -- then they can target the Western US as well.

Can you imagine people being stuck inside subways? Must be terrible.

[Mo1]

Philly local news is reporting that City Hall is being evacuated .. I'm not sure why though

[meyer]

The blackouts could conceivably spread throughout the Eastern Interconnect, but it wouldn't cross into the Western half of the country, or into the Texas Interconnect.

This is true, but after the first few minutes of disturbance, the system is stabilized. Picking the customers back up could take a couple of days though - I'm certain that plenty of plants tripped off line due to overfrequency when they lost their load (self-protection for the equipment). Any nuke units that tripped will take a while to restart due to red tape.