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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical RE: Power outages in Florida
--- [email protected] wrote: <snip> Being in the lightning capital of the world systems are generally well protected from power issues. None of our peers have had any issues. --------------------------------------- There has been a lot of lightning there recently... http://flash.ess.washington.edu/TOGA_network_global_maps.htm http://webflash.ess.washington.edu/AmericaL_plot_weather_map.jpg http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/us/26cnd-florida.html?hp says: "The company and state officials said the blackout began with a failure in an electrical substation near the Turkey Point nuclear station south of Miami, the division of emergency management said. That failure caused other parts of the system to shut down to protect the integrity of the electrical grid." scott
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