Detriot did it! On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 23:25:33 -0500 - Jack Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote the following Re: northeast power outage
>Tom Marinis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Beside, nothing more will happen today, since the NORTHEAST >> power outage occured around 2:00pm PST, 5:00pm EST. >> >> [ Probably a power generator being controlled by >> POWER MANAGER, and that computer suffered a >> MS windows BSOD fault ] > >Well, could be, but... > >Ted Kopel interviewed FORMER fed cyber security czar Richard Clark. >What a self serving piece of work this guy is, insinuating that this >is the work of terrorist hackers, since the electrical system was >designed to contain this type of outage to a small area. (Yeah under >the load conditions of 20-30 years ago!) Sensationalism at its best. > >The truth is that everyone wants/loves/needs electricity, but no one >wants to pay for it in terms of building the necessary infrastructure >to support it (NIMBY). Large portions of the existing electrical grid >are operating at or near the operating limits and stability margins >they were designed for. The dynamics of the inter-connected power >grids is very complex. In some areas it doesn't take much to cause an >outage or disturbance, which depending on the magnitude, and where it >occurs, can cascade to neighboring locations. Most of the grid can >handle a voltage sag. The problem is when some segments of the grid >trip off-line they cause phase shifts on the system, which are harder >to deal with. > >Maybe this is the wake up call that we need to upgrade the existing >system to (at least) current demand. > >-jhb- >_______________________________________________ >Linux-users mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> >http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe/Suspend/Etc -> http://www.linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
