Just thought this was an interesting event. CNN had reports of four million with out power then the power company said 800 thousand. Either way it reminded me of the blackout in the summer a few years ago that occurred in the Northeast.
Having electricity is one of those things we take for granted but there may come a time when it’s not there. People don’t think of the other effects of an outage besides their lights going out. It seems to have messed with cell phone service in Florida. They also mentioned it stopping train service.
It seems like the power grid system works but could be a bit fragile but it is built to protect it self. The sad things is many Americans assumed it was an evil terrorist that caused it.
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I was in Detroit when the northeast blackout happened, and, I want to tell you, a week without power is a strange thing. We discovered just how chaotic it can be without all the little things you get used to, like tv and traffic lights, not to mention refrigeration. Drinking bottled water and huddling in the house was strange, but I must say that for a time you could actually see starts at night, which are usually blocked by all the light in the sky. Strangely enough, there was no real widespread crime/looting going on. Everyone was stunned, I guess, including the criminals! Made me really grateful for the basics that we all take for granted.
I was in the Philly suburbs during the northeast black out a few years ago and I was somewhat hoping it would spread to that area so we could see the stars. I really didn’t want to see it happen because it was a hot day and I thought of the older people and those with poor health that needed electricty to run medical equipment.