Power System Struggles With New Problems

[undergroundrailroad]

Power System Struggles With New Problems



By LARRY MARGASAK
The Associated Press
Friday, August 15, 2003; 12:49 PM


Lights and air conditioners flipped on across a wide swath of the northeastern United States and southern Canada on Friday, but the creaky power grid that blacked out 50 million people encountered new problems as it struggled back to life. Three deaths were linked to the blackout.

Officials working to understand the origins of the nation's largest power outage increasingly focused on the Midwest.

Touring a national park north of Los Angeles, President Bush urged patience during the recovery and an overhaul of the power-sharing system that failed.

"It's going to take a while to get 100 percent of the power up," Bush said. "It's a wake-up call. The grid needs to be modernized; the delivery systems need to be modernized. We've got an antiquated system."

In Connecticut, Gov. John G. Rowland issued an emergency plea for residents to save power Friday morning after a state transmission line fizzled. "There presently is insufficient capacity to remain a reliable power supply," John Wiltse, a spokesman for the governor, said after a transmission line that feeds southwestern Connecticut went down around 5:45 a.m.

Cleveland weathered its worst water crisis in history as the blackout shut all four major pumping stations. The pumps which serve more than 1 million residents in the city and 20 suburbs began operating Friday morning, but the National Guard tanked in 7,600 gallons of drinking water to help until taps flowed again.

[QuietStorm]

1. This truly is a major happening

It is not yet clear what kind of damage was done to cause this blackout.

[undergroundrailroad]

2. UPDATE

Power System Struggles With New Problems

By LARRY McSHANE
The Associated Press
Friday, August 15, 2003; 3:07 PM


From the Midwest to Manhattan, the largest blackout in U.S. history left more than 4 million people powerless for a second day Friday. Even when the lights flicked back on, they illuminated a plethora of unsolved problems: the worst water crisis in Ohio history, a state of emergency in Michigan, a paralyzed subway system in New York City.

Officials in various states warned that the whir of air conditioners and the glow of televisions might not return until the end of the weekend as the cause of the massive outage remained a mystery.

The blackout washed across a huge slice of North America, knocking out service in parts of eight states and Canada in just nine seconds.

President Bush, during a tour of a California national park, said part of the problem was "an antiquated system" to distribute electricity nationally.

"It's a wake-up call," Bush said. "The grid needs to be modernized, the delivery systems need to be modernized."

[rusk2003]

3. One more reason we need population control laws

[treepig]

4. or another tax cut!

!!

[QuietStorm]

5. along with parenting requirements

creating life must require more than just copulation. The cycle of dysfunction needs to be broken. All that have children are not equipped to have children. Problem is: the charles murrayesque aspects within government (which would legislate things like this).

Racism would be my utmost concern with something like this with there being almost a probability of opening wide the door for regulated if not mandatory eugenics (alla the kissinger memorandum which was officially shelved I believe in 1974).

There are too many diabolical forces at work now in US government. I do not believe any one has evolved to the degree to regulate legislation of this nature. Perhap we might look at china for an example. did not they regulate how many children were allowed per family. I am sure that had it's pros and cons.

[sandnsea]

6. quite a load of nonsense

Bush's parents would have been given a license, Clinton's parents wouldn't have.

We mostly just need our leaders to stand up and tell us to stop being a bunch of greedy pigs, the rest of the world might like to have refrigerated food too.