california power outage

[BobbyG]

I saw that and my concern is this;

Is our infrastructure so poorly designed that one technician can accidentally cause a short-circuit at a substation in North Gila, Arizona, set off a series of failures that led to the massive power outage that left millions of people in California, Arizona and Mexico in the dark. Enough circuit breakers tripped that it actually shut down a nuclear power plant!

If one technician could do this what about a group of terrorists!!

[Bunky]

I saw that and my concern is this;

Is our infrastructure so poorly designed that one technician can accidentally cause a short-circuit at a substation in North Gila, Arizona, set off a series of failures that led to the massive power outage that left millions of people in California, Arizona and Mexico in the dark. Enough circuit breakers tripped that it actually shut down a nuclear power plant!

If one technician could do this what about a group of terrorists!!

The infrastructure is dependent on private industry. When we had the earthquate in eastern US, it was revealed the nuclear plant in Virginia had seen 2x shock than was designed! When it was built we had people complaining about excess regulation.

It is like the saying " It is idiot proof until we find a better idiot".

[BearValley]

Yeah, people were over reacting a bit Id say with all the lines.

Lines? Not me. I was at home grilling and enjoying a couple of cold barley-pops.

[Flash Gordon]

Are Twinkies considered a good emergency food source?

[Bunky]

Are Twinkies considered a good emergency food source?

If that is all you had.

[aerogt01]

If one technician could do this what about a group of terrorists!!

It is widely known a good EMP blast will take out main high-voltage transformers, leaving most of the US without power for an indefinite period.

[BobbyG]

Are Twinkies considered a good emergency food source?

Yes they are and they have a shelf life of 127 years....