big blackout

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6117880.stm



Oh, tripped across this, too...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6075794.stm

John

 

Nothing happened here.

 

You missed the important point... all Europeons will be issued a
battery that runs on red wine ;-)

...Jim Thompson

 

the rumour mill has that Genome powered up a protoype for the first
time, just before the blackout


martin

 

Interesting, but when you look at electricity consumption your average
Brit. actually uses less energy than you average German.

Perhaps British people are just more honest when filling in surveys?

Country kWh per person per year

Iceland ISL 26,947.4
Norway NOR 25,594.9
Sweden SWE 16,021.0
Finland FIN 15,686.8
Luxembourg LUX 15,192.3
Belgium BEL 8,271.7
Switzerland CHE 8,025.6
Austria AUT 7,418.9
France FRA 7,401.4
Germany DEU 6,852.4
Netherlands NLD 6,658.9
Denmark DNK 6,492.3
United Kingdom GBR 6,171.3

data from:

http://earthtrends.wri.org/searchab...61,162,166,173,174,187,189,202,203,218&ccID=2


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We know that it wasn't his water heater.


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prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

Now, where are those Europeans who were bragging this couldn't happen
to them?


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prove it.
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Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

Well, the good old UPS stayed quiet here and that wasn't because the
batteries where dead... But you do make a point: the big power
distribution networks need improved management and more redundancy.

 

HAHA, if the yanks had this sort of powercut, it would take 3+ days to
sort out, in the EU it was just for a few hours


martin

 

You seem to be having more massive failures than the US, though.

After that line that runs through Canada, and back to the US failed a
few years ago, some people on this newsgroup were bragging that you
would NEVER have these kinds of failures in any European country.


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prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

duh, blame the Canucks.......

Anyway it's the magnitude of the failure that counts, this was just a
lack of news day, 2 or 3 hours.at max
In the US it would have been 3 days blackout while you payed the
lawyers (with brown paper envelopes) to blame Clinton for the 1743 flu
epidemic in Malaysia


martin

 

I'd be shocked if I used that much !

Graham

 

It certainly didn't happen in the UK.

Graham

 

How long was New York out of action ?

Graham

 

Don't they always ?

Graham

 

Where did I blame Canada? I said it was related to that part of the
grid that had a loop that ran THROUGH Canada. Areas were quickly
restored, but it took a while to tie all segments back to the regional
grid.

The failure was traced to Ohio, but it was about two decades after I
moved away. ;-)


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Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

but ... but ... none of the power for europe goes through Canada so they
couldn't, could they?

 

That has nothing to do with their comments about our "Out of date and
poorly maintained grids", does it?


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prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6117880.stm

" E.ON said the power failures may have been linked to a line across a river
being switched off to allow a ship to pass through safely, Reuters reported.

The Italian regions of Piedmont, Liguria and Puglia lost energy overnight
between 2100 and 2200 GMT "

Good Lord. No electricity for a whole HOUR !

Graham

 

Compressor for the inflatable doll?