[50170] in North American Network Operators' Group
NYC power outage
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (blitz)
Sun Jul 21 07:00:18 2002
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2002 06:59:36 -0400
To: Nanog@trapdoor.merit.edu
From: blitz <blitz@macronet.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
http://channels.netscape.com/ns/news/ns/story.jsp?floc=FF-PLS-PLS&id=404173360&dt=20020720143100&w=RTR&coview=
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An electrical transformer at a Manhattan power plant exploded on Saturday
at a Consolidated Edison Inc. plant, causing power outages in lower Manhattan.
Flames shot as high as 40 feet and a large plume of black smoke trailed
from the power plant on thecity's lower east side to the southern tip of
Manhattan. There was no immediate word of causalities orthe scope of the
power outage.
