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Re: "... Niagara-Mohawk power grid was overloaded."

  • From: Roland Perry
  • Date: Thu Aug 14 21:39:32 2003 
In article <[email protected]>, Eric A. Hall <[email protected]>
writes
>NEW YORK (CNN) -- A major power outage simultaneously struck dozens of
>cities in the United States and Canada late Thursday afternoon.

TV news reporting that it was due to a lightning strike just south of
Niagra. Seems to have cascaded rather badly.

Bell Canada appealing to customers only to use cellphones and landlines
for 911 emergencies.
-- 
Roland Perry