From: Bill Spindler 

Glenn,
I agree.

In 1980 I worked for a contractor that operated Air Force satellite
tracking stations around the world including tne northwest (Waianae Coast)
of Oahu. There
was a massive power outage on Oahu. The tracking station had backup diesel
generators that came up okay. The local utility had to borrow some of that
power
to be able to start up their facilities.

This continues to be an interesting story.

Glenn Meadows wrote:
> Getting generators spun back up, and in sync, and online is NOT just
> throwing a switch, or pulling start cord.  One story I heard was that they
> were going to use the power sources from northern Iraq to "jump
start" the
> generators in Baghdad.  They've probably now got a bunchy of power line grid
> work to do to get that to happen.  If the US lost all of the Grid, and the
> generators were turned off, getting them back online would take some time.
> It's even possible that the generators were sabotaged (Drop a wrench into it
> when it's slowing down)?  Plus, the people who understand how the systems
> work, and the grid is connected have to be located and brought back into the
> picture.
>
> Remember how long it took to get the Northeast back on in the 60's?  The
> generators actually spun down in that as the grid fell.
>
> --
> Glenn M.
>
>
> "Steve Ewing"  wrote in message
> news:1104_1050714759{at}news.barkto.com...
>
>>Has anyone heard *why* there is no power in Baghdad?  That it is taking
>>so much effort and time to restore indicates it was more than a
>>disgruntled Saddam-ite throwing a breaker.
>>
>>Maybe it is some sort of Enron-like California "shortage" deal.
>>
>>--
>>Steve
>>http://www.qmss.com/~sewing
>>
>>
>
>
>

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Bill

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