Remember the 2003 blackout?
Exactly 42 years ago, November 9th 1965 at 5:16 pm Ontario Hydro Queenston, a relay switch failed, causing a power outage in western New York State which reaches New York City by 5:27 pm, plunging the city into darkness at the height of rush hour.
A series of major electric power blackouts lasts for up to 13 1/2 hours in over 200,000 sq km of Ontario, Quebec and the Northeastern US.
It is the largest power failure in North American history, and over 30 million people in Ontario, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont and New Hampshire lose power for most of the night.
The Northeast Blackout of 2003 was a massive power outage that occurred throughout parts of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States, and Ontario, Canada on Thursday, August 14, 2003. Although not affecting as many people as the later 2003 Italy blackout, it was the largest blackout in North American history. It affected an estimated 10 million people!
2007-11-08
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