Whatever was the cause, I am shocked that circuit breakers did not isolate the problematic location automatically. Overloading a line or two is understandable, but when the catastrophe encompasses several nuclear generators along with waterfall electric generators, one should raise the eyebrows in scepticism and disbelief. It simply makes no sense telling us that several states went on black out, out of the blue or because the network is old. I smell a rat. I know that rats could eat cable insulations but I also know that they may not organise an attack on a network. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
Let us say that a very main High-Tension cabling rout was very condensed at a location between Canada and the USA. Even an earthquake, which is the best candidate for a catastrophic blackout as I have experienced in Japan would have limited and containable effects. This happened in Kobe but all other prefectures were standing strong. Exporting power from the USA to Canada means that Canada’s supplied areas would suffer but the source would shut down by breakers on the event. Telling us that several states in the northern-east of the USA and east-south Canada suffered simultaneously means that they all are supplied from one source. But several nuclear plants shutting down too make me think that there is something else being hidden from press.
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