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Subj: Today in History - Nov 9
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1965
The Great Northeast Blackout
At dusk, the biggest power failure in U.S. history occurs as all
of New York state, portions of seven neighboring states, and
parts of eastern Canada are plunged into darkness. The Great
Northeast Blackout began at the height of rush hour, delaying
millions of commuters, trapping 800,000 people in New York's
subways, and stranding thousands more in office buildings,
elevators, and trains. Ten thousand National Guardsmen and 5,000
off-duty policemen were called into service to prevent looting.
The blackout was caused by the tripping of a 230-kilovolt
transmission line near Ontario, Canada, at 5:16 p.m., which
caused several other heavily loaded lines also to fail. This
precipitated a surge of power that overwhelmed the transmission
lines in western New York, causing a "cascading" tripping of
additional lines, resulting in the eventual breakup of the entire
Northeastern transmission network. All together, 30 million
people in eight U.S. states and the Canadian provinces of Ontario
and Quebec were affected by the blackout. During the night, power
was gradually restored to the blacked-out areas, and by morning
power had been restored throughout the Northeast.
On August 14, 2003 another major blackout occurred which affected
most of Eastern Canada as well as most of the Eastern United
States.
73 - K.O., n0kfq
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