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Task Force Finds Blackout Was Preventable

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the voluntary-requirements-aren't dept.

Shakrai writes "In what will probably be the last we hear of this subject CNN is carrying a story that states what we already suspected: the August blackout was preventable. One of the more interesting observations from this article is that this task force will remain active for the next year to push for their changes and improvements to be adopted. Does anyone think any change will come of this? If you lived in the Northeast US or Canada what were your memories of the August Blackout?" The full report is available at reports.energy.gov.

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  1. Memories? by Cytlid · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you lived in the Northeast US or Canada what were your memories of the August Blackout?


    It was dark and there were no computers.
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    1. Re:Memories? by miquels · · Score: 3, Funny

      I was vacationing in Toronto at the time, I pressed the elevator button in the hotel that afternoon and the power went out. I actually thought for a moment "uh-oh, did I do that ?" ;)

      Fortunately we were already invited by Canadian friends that night for dinner. They just threw a barbequeue instead. They had gotten large bags of ice (just in time, people were lining up for those) to keep the beer cool. Friends and family came over and we had a great party !

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  2. Everything is bigger... by fearlezz · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Everything is bigger in America"

    Even power outages :)

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  3. I was working, at compusa by dcstimm · · Score: 5, Funny

    I was working at compusa, then we heard a weird noise and all the lights went out. I remember tring to get everyone out of the store, and waiting up front near the registers waiting for the lights to come back up. In the mean while we plugged a radio into the UPS that we had powering the registers. So we were still able to ring people out and buy water and candy. :) At the time I took the bus to work and they canceled all the buses, so I had to get a ride home from this hot girl that worked with me, we ended up getting married, because we bonded on that day. I would say it was a good day for me.

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    1. Re:I was working, at compusa by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hot girl that worked with you... at compusa...

      riiiiiigggggghhhhhhtttt :)

    2. Re:I was working, at compusa by justMichael · · Score: 4, Funny

      You messed up the intro to your story... ;)

      Stories like that are supposed to start like this:

      Dear Penthouse,
      I never thought these stories were true, then one day...

      Or something along those lines.

  4. withdrawl by Inominate · · Score: 3, Funny

    I remember sitting in a corner, shaking violently, seeing visions of slashdot on blank monitors.

  5. Re:you mean FORESIGHT, hindsight is always 20:20 by Boss,+Pointy+Haired · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah I realised that in hindsight.

  6. Memories?!?! This is Slashdot! by deft · · Score: 3, Funny

    My memory of the blackout: There I was, computer went down. I didn't Seemed an awful long time till the power came back on and I could log back in.

    Alot of people were worried about me when I check back on the forums. Some peeps on IRC were like "where were you?!?". Gave em a real scare that time!

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