Eric Murray wrote: > Food for thought and grounds for further research: > > ----- Forwarded message from "Bernie, CTA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----- > > Mailing-List: contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]; run by ezmlm > Precedence: bulk > List-Id: <bugtraq.list-id.securityfocus.com> > List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > List-Subscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Delivered-To: mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Delivered-To: moderator for [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: "Bernie, CTA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: HCSIN > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 14:09:12 -0400 > Subject: Re: CNN: 'Explores Possibility that Power Outage is Related to Internet > Worm' > Priority: normal > In-reply-to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.11) > > It is ridiculous to accept that a lightning strike could knock > out the grid, or the transmission system is over stressed. There > are many redundant fault, limit and Voltage-Surge Protection > safeguards and related instrumentation and switchgear installed > at the distribution centers and sub stations along the Power > Grid that would have tripped to prevent or otherwise divert such > a major outage.
Yeah, ridiculous. So who remembers what caused the last major power outage in NY? (Hint: it wasn't _one_ lightning strike). -- http://www.apache-ssl.org/ben.html http://www.thebunker.net/ "There is no limit to what a man can do or how far he can go if he doesn't mind who gets the credit." - Robert Woodruff
