[cta at hcsin.net: Re: CNN: 'Explores Possibility that Power Outage is Related to Internet Worm']

[Ben Laurie]

Eric Murray wrote:
> Food for thought and grounds for further research:
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> It is ridiculous to accept that a lightning strike could knock 
> out the grid, or the transmission system is over stressed. There 
> are many redundant fault, limit and Voltage-Surge Protection 
> safeguards and related instrumentation and switchgear installed 
> at the distribution centers and sub stations along the Power 
> Grid that would have tripped to prevent or otherwise divert such 
> a major outage. 

Yeah, ridiculous. So who remembers what caused the last major power
outage in NY? (Hint: it wasn't _one_ lightning strike).

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