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dxkj

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Originally posted by: Kalvin00
NY plant outage had cascading effect on power grid is what MSNBC says.
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So one plant gets overloaded, dumps its share of work on the rest of an already maxed out grid and plants just start dropping?
 
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BG4533

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Is power back on everywhere now?

I am amazed a single grid can take down this much.
 
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Kalvin00

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Originally posted by: dxkj
Originally posted by: Kalvin00
NY plant outage had cascading effect on power grid is what MSNBC says.
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So one plant gets overloaded, dumps its share of work on the rest of an already maxed out grid and plants just start dropping?
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I guess so.
 
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Hehe, Im just 30 minutes east of Ottawa and we have power. Everyone else is out, hehe. I think we're on the same grid as Montreal though.
 
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NogginBoink

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The Great Blackout of '65 was similar.

Great demand overloaded one circuit breaker, which caused higher demand from other parts of the grid, which caused them all to fall apart in a domino effect.

The power grids are so interconnected that it's hard to know where one stops and the next starts.

Google "great blackout" for more.
 
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Crazymofo

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Ann Arbor MI No power and trying to take tech support calls, I hope to go home early today!!:)
 
RossMAN

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They're saying this originated in NYC (not sure which plant) but has had a cascading effect taking down other grids/cities with it.

Wouldn't they have some sort of contingency plans for this?
 
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Mill

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Originally posted by: RossMAN
They're saying this originated in NYC (not sure which plant) but has had a cascading effect taking down other grids/cities with it.

Wouldn't they have some sort of contingency plans for this?
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They were supposed to have fixed it.
 
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MrDingleDangle

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Originally posted by: RossMAN
They're saying this originated in NYC (not sure which plant) but has had a cascading effect taking down other grids/cities with it.

Wouldn't they have some sort of contingency plans for this?
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thats pretty ridiculus that 1 power plant can cause so many problems
 
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Originally posted by: Millennium
Originally posted by: RossMAN
They're saying this originated in NYC (not sure which plant) but has had a cascading effect taking down other grids/cities with it.

Wouldn't they have some sort of contingency plans for this?
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They were supposed to have fixed it.
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Perhaps they just fixed the dependency of the New York grid on the Niagra plant.
 
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Shockwave

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Originally posted by: n0cmonkey
And we protect our power stations with what? Sometimes chain link fence...
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I've seen three plants, 1 you could get close enough to throw rocks at. The other two you were fenced off a good distance, but any type of fired object (Gun, RPG, MOrtar) could easily reach.
 
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Mill

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Originally posted by: AbsoluteParadigm
Originally posted by: Millennium
Originally posted by: RossMAN
They're saying this originated in NYC (not sure which plant) but has had a cascading effect taking down other grids/cities with it.

Wouldn't they have some sort of contingency plans for this?
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They were supposed to have fixed it.
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Perhaps they just fixed the dependency of the New York grid on the Niagra plant.
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Perhaps, but if that is true then they should stop reporting the Niagra(actually it is Niagara, but I refuse to edit it for Pepsi's anal retentive self.) grid was overloaded.
 
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