Hello people, I'm not sure if many of you heard but there was a blackout in most parts of France, parts of Germany and Belgium. I wonder what heppened and what was the cause of this? If someone have informationons about this event, please share it with us. Thank you
West Europe's blackout last weekend
Nov 09, 2006
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the title should have been "launch of liner met with dark looks"
| pando wrote: |> Hello people, |> I'm not sure if many of you heard but there was a blackout in most |> parts of France, parts of Germany and Belgium. I wonder what heppened |> and what was the cause of this? |> If someone have informationons about this event, please share it with |> us. |> Thank you | |
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You'd think that if it was a planned cut-off, power would be re-routed through other lines. Presumably this would not be scheduled during a time when power demand was expected to be at a peak.
So, if terrorists were to knock out just one critical transmission line this could make such a sweeping blackout? And such an attack could cut the line (not just trip it with a fault) and leave it out of service for a longer time, extending the blackout until thet get it fixed.
| the title should have been "launch of liner met with dark looks"
Sounds like a Slashdot style title.
Let's schedule "World Electric Appreciation Day" where all power is shut off for 1/2 hour at noon :-)
Minor nit pick, but it was 5M people in France, i.e. about 10% of the population, although this did include some parts of Paris. It was smaller numbers in the other effected countries.
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