[60684] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Power outage in North East
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dave Stewart)
Thu Aug 14 22:06:31 2003
Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 20:14:47 -0400
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Dave Stewart <dbs@dbscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <E19nQVl-00006C-59@ran.psg.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
At 06:24 PM 8/14/2003, Randy Bush wrote:
> > Actually, Mayor Blumberg just told CNN that the smoke being seen at the
> > ConEd plant is normal for this situation. It is also being reported that
> > this whole thing started in Ottawa, or an overload of the Niagra-Mowhak
> > power grid.
>
>and i heard it was a right-wing anti-abortion religious fanatic terrorist
>action in syracuse.
>
>perhaps we should wait for the dust to settle a bit?
I think you have a point. I'm seeing now (AP) that some Canadian officials
are saying it was caused by a lightning strike at a Niagra power plant.
