[60679] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: "... Niagara-Mohawk power grid was overloaded."
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roland Perry)
Thu Aug 14 21:37:42 2003
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 19:19:24 -0400
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Roland Perry <nanog@internetpolicyagency.com>
In-Reply-To: <3F3BFA27.3010601@ehsco.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
In article <3F3BFA27.3010601@ehsco.com>, Eric A. Hall <ehall@ehsco.com>
writes
>NEW YORK (CNN) -- A major power outage simultaneously struck dozens of
>cities in the United States and Canada late Thursday afternoon.
TV news reporting that it was due to a lightning strike just south of
Niagra. Seems to have cascaded rather badly.
Bell Canada appealing to customers only to use cellphones and landlines
for 911 emergencies.
--
Roland Perry
