Mulling over LEE LOFASO to ALL 15 Aug 2003

Hi Lee...

 LL> Despite the denials of Homeland Security, the recent power outage
 LL> was probably the result of an act of terrorism.  For more info on
 LL> the subject, read the following article by Sollog -

 LL> http://www.sollog.com/asksollog/2002/0801.shtml

 LL> The article is date stamped 2002-08-04  13:43:43 PST

I did attempt to go there, but it just displayed the root page.

 LL> After reading the article, it became apparent to me that the most
 LL> likely scenario as to how terrorists caused the power outage was by
 LL> attacking nuclear power plants, of which at least six were taken
 LL> offline.  Water was also contaminated as a result of the power
 LL> outage, and if the power outage lasts much longer, the phone system
 LL> and internet may also crash. Not to mention our transportation
 LL> system.

I don't know if it was terrorism. It brought back memories of the
Auckland power failure a few years ago, which was caused (from memory)
by the failure of a major oil cooled cable, which in turn caused all the
other main cables to fail under the increased load. My guess is that a
"single point" failure somewhere in the US grid has brought down the
network in a similar way. Of course, it could be caused by lack of
planning for peak capacity as has happened here recently, where the
amount of new generators is insufficient to meet demand, while the
suppliers try to milk as much revenue as possible from the grid.

In hot weather, it only takes the failure of a generator in Victoria
to cause diversion from SA, with rotating blackouts as suburbs are
intentionally switched in & out of the supply. 

 LL> What else lies in store for America?  Could it be that suitcase
 LL> nukes are in the possession of terrorists?  Could nuclear terrorism
 LL> be just around the corner?  Sollog's article raises these
 LL> questions, and more. 

The consensus seems to be that the outage was caused by a dim bulb in
the White House. :)

Cheers, Steve..

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