The possibility that electrical power can be lost over two American States and parts of Mexico just by one piece of equipment breaking down is a bit far - fetched to say the least. There are multiple layers of safeguards built into the grid to protect against equipment failures of this sort (read statement of Power company below highlighted in red). So it seems far more likely that this was an Intelligence Psy-Op to deceive people into thinking that the electrical grid can fail so easily. It is also conditioning people to believe that 'Terrorists' can shut down the grid leaving millions of people in the dark. If and when a prolonged blackout does happen, it will be done by design, and by people other than those who will be blamed for it. But it's coming - another bolt removed from the wheels of society to cause everything to come to a screeching halt. This is what the end of the world will look like in many places; the loss of everything that makes modern life comfortable such as electricity and running water. Having an alternate source of power is a must in my humble opinion. The reporting on such matters also leaves much to be desired: first we are told that the cause of the BLACKOUT is a MYSTERY but in the report we read that a single piece of equipment caused the blackout! Which one is it - a mystery or a single piece of equipment breaking down?
US: Southwest power back on, but blackout still a mystery
© Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times
With computer screens dark, Southwest Airlines workers check passengers in manually Friday at San Diego's airport. Flight cancellations stranded many people after Thursday's massive power failure hit the region.
With computer screens dark, Southwest Airlines workers check passengers in manually Friday at San Diego's airport. Flight cancellations stranded many people after Thursday's massive power failure hit the region.
The failure of a single piece of equipment in Arizona ignited a massive blackout that left nearly 6 million people without power, baffling utility officials and highlighting the vulnerability of the U.S. electrical grid.
Authorities in Arizona said Friday that safeguards built into the system should have prevented the breakdown at a substation from cascading across Southern Arizona and into California and Northern Mexico.
They didn't, and the resulting instability led to the sudden shutdown of the San Onofre nuclear-power plant, about 50 miles north of San Diego, cutting off power to a large swath of Southern California.
"We lost all connection to the outside world," said James Avery, San Diego Gas & Electric's senior vice president of power supply. "This happened in a matter of seconds."
"We lost all connection to the outside world," said James Avery, San Diego Gas & Electric's senior vice president of power supply. "This happened in a matter of seconds."
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