September 13, 2005

Some Random Thoughts About Yesterday’s La Blackout

Lynne Kiesling We wouldn’t have paid so much attention to this if it hadn’t happened in LA. Human error in this case was a maintenance worker not following procedures for reconnecting a wire that had been accidentally cut; reconnecting two lines at different voltages leads to power surge. Or at least that’s my non-engineer understanding …

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