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 TrainBuffThe New Haven RailroadPremium
join:2003-05-01
Buffalo, NY
kudos:4 | NYISO According to the New York Independent System Operator (the people who runs New York State's power grid). At approximately 4:11pm, on Aug.14th, a fault occurred west of the Ontario power system, which resulted in a sudden loss of a major portion of the generation in Ontario and in parts of Michigan and Ohio. The rest is history. NYISO went on to state that reports that the occurrence began in Niagara are not supported by the facts currently available.
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drharry
join:2001-02-12
Hopatcong, NJ | said by TrainBuff:
According to the New York Independent System Operator (the people who runs New York State's power grid). At approximately 4:11pm, on Aug.14th, a fault occurred west of the Ontario power system, which resulted in a sudden loss of a major portion of the generation in Ontario and in parts of Michigan and Ohio. The rest is history. NYISO went on to state that reports that the occurrence began in Niagara are not supported by the facts currently available.
The NYISO should buy themselves an accurate clock. The lights in my office in downtown Manhattan started flickering about 4:07, black smoke from an electrical fire started pouring out a street level vent immediately at Liberty Plaza across the street at 4:08, and my computer system at home recorded a shutdown at precisely 4:09:08 p.m. (give or take a 10th of a second). Power continued to flicker for about 10 minutes (enough light to see our way in the corridors and stairs, but also enough power to keep the battery-powered emergency lighting from kicking on).
NY's Governor Pataki denied that there was a fire downtown, but we sure saw and smelled it (though it was probably a result of, not a cause, of the blackout).
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