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Posted: 10/31/2013 5:14:15 AM EDT
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/17/us/as-worries-over-the-power-grid-rise-a-drill-will-simulate-a-knockout-blow.html?pagewanted=2
Truth? Bunk? Do i need to worry? Discuss.....
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Posted: 10/31/2013 5:16:12 AM EDT
[#1]
Damn it I travel to NYC on that day
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Posted: 10/31/2013 5:17:12 AM EDT
[#2]
Ahhhh......no.
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Posted: 10/31/2013 5:18:52 AM EDT
[#3]
"Simulate"
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Posted: 10/31/2013 5:19:17 AM EDT
[#4]
simulate, who cares. no it will not be shutdown
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Posted: 10/31/2013 5:20:53 AM EDT
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"Simulate" Hey they arrested Jim Morrison for a Simulation........ |
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Posted: 10/31/2013 5:26:42 AM EDT
[#6]
So, nothing ever goes sideways when the .Gov conducts a drill?
Very well....carry on.
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Posted: 10/31/2013 5:26:54 AM EDT
[#7]
What a brilliant idea. Birth more Dems and have them vote before their first birth day, to hell with dead people.  |
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Posted: 10/31/2013 5:30:40 AM EDT
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So, nothing ever goes sideways when the .Gov conducts a drill? Very well....carry on.
name a computer simulation where something like that has occurred. |
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Posted: 10/31/2013 5:32:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: name a computer simulation where something like that has occurred. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: So, nothing ever goes sideways when the .Gov conducts a drill? Very well....carry on. name a computer simulation where something like that has occurred. |
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Posted: 10/31/2013 5:32:40 AM EDT
[#10]
If Alex Jones doesn't say so, it ain't so.
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Posted: 10/31/2013 5:33:33 AM EDT
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name a computer simulation where something like that has occurred. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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So, nothing ever goes sideways when the .Gov conducts a drill? Very well....carry on.
name a computer simulation where something like that has occurred. What about the award winning documentary WarGames? |
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Posted: 10/31/2013 5:35:28 AM EDT
[#12]
I saw this show already. The penthouse couple dies, there is an elevator, and the daughter's bf gives away food.
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Posted: 10/31/2013 5:39:00 AM EDT
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Two weeks ago, XEROX "tested" the EBT system and crashed it...... Quote HistoryQuoted:
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So, nothing ever goes sideways when the .Gov conducts a drill? Very well....carry on.
name a computer simulation where something like that has occurred. you realize the power grid simulation is not on the production system, right? also there are 1000's of private power companies involved. there is no "national" power grid. |
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Posted: 10/31/2013 5:39:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I saw this show already. The penthouse couple dies, there is an elevator, and the daughter's bf gives away food. |
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Posted: 10/31/2013 5:42:09 AM EDT
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I saw this show already. The penthouse couple dies, there is an elevator, and the daughter's bf gives away food. My mind went to the same place 
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Posted: 10/31/2013 5:47:05 AM EDT
[#16]
Don't worry it's just the yearly purge
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Posted: 10/31/2013 5:47:18 AM EDT
[#17]
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you realize the power grid simulation is not on the production system, right? also there are 1000's of private power companies involved. there is no "national" power grid. I have a couple of coworkers who were telling me about this "whole power shutdown test" and I thought about the same thing you stated above. It would be very hard to shut down every power plant across the nation. Maybe these people believe all the power comes from one place.
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Posted: 10/31/2013 5:54:26 AM EDT
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All the Northeast has to do to have a massive power outage is have one main transmission line go down again that overloads and trips out all the others, unless they fixed it after last time.
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Posted: 10/31/2013 6:01:22 AM EDT
[#19]
Texas has it's own power grid
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Posted: 10/31/2013 6:02:52 AM EDT
[#20]
Don't worry chicken little. We do black start drills often.
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Posted: 10/31/2013 6:08:38 AM EDT
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All the Northeast has to do to have a massive power outage is have one main transmission line go down again that overloads and trips out all the others, unless they fixed it after last time. hell one good snow and it's down in most places. don't even have to hit a main. the biggest issue with local power grids is infrastructure rot. pockets may be easy targets but knocking out an entire state long term would not be easy. |
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Posted: 10/31/2013 6:28:33 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I have a couple of coworkers who were telling me about this "whole power shutdown test" and I thought about the same thing you stated above. It would be very hard to shut down every power plant across the nation. Maybe these people believe all the power comes from one place. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: you realize the power grid simulation is not on the production system, right? also there are 1000's of private power companies involved. there is no "national" power grid. I have a couple of coworkers who were telling me about this "whole power shutdown test" and I thought about the same thing you stated above. It would be very hard to shut down every power plant across the nation. Maybe these people believe all the power comes from one place. All the article states is "150 power companies" will be paticipating....doesn't say who, or what states....but a company like First Energy maintains parts of the grid from Ohio to New Jersey...
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Posted: 10/31/2013 6:35:09 AM EDT
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All the Northeast has to do to have a massive power outage is have one main transmission line go down again that overloads and trips out all the others, unless they fixed it after last time. 2003 northeast blackout with the SUCK. It was hot as hell. |
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Posted: 10/31/2013 6:43:20 AM EDT
[#24]
It was not the whole Northeast.
DC line from Hydro Quebec here, plus Seabrook reactor. 
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Posted: 10/31/2013 6:44:10 AM EDT
[#25]
Fucking 11/13/13 'ers.
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Posted: 10/31/2013 6:46:53 AM EDT
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I have a couple of coworkers who were telling me about this "whole power shutdown test" and I thought about the same thing you stated above. It would be very hard to shut down every power plant across the nation. Maybe these people believe all the power comes from one place. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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you realize the power grid simulation is not on the production system, right? also there are 1000's of private power companies involved. there is no "national" power grid. I have a couple of coworkers who were telling me about this "whole power shutdown test" and I thought about the same thing you stated above. It would be very hard to shut down every power plant across the nation. Maybe these people believe all the power comes from one place. Doesn't this go back to the idea of a grid? If one goes down, the rest pick up the slack, but if several go down and the maximum load is reached, either lines overheat trying to supply all the areas, or certain areas just get switched off. Right? The computers are "supposed" to know what to do. My refrigerator is still fucked up from our "rolling blackouts". |
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Posted: 10/31/2013 6:52:42 AM EDT
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It was not the whole Northeast. http://jcwinnie.biz/wordpress/imageSnag/TheBlackout-8-14-03.jpg DC line from Hydro Quebec here, plus Seabrook reactor. Well in the CT/NY area is SUCKED lol |
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Posted: 10/31/2013 6:54:09 AM EDT
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Well in the CT/NY area is SUCKED lol Quote HistoryQuoted:
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It was not the whole Northeast. http://jcwinnie.biz/wordpress/imageSnag/TheBlackout-8-14-03.jpg DC line from Hydro Quebec here, plus Seabrook reactor. Well in the CT/NY area is SUCKED lol got my ham ticket that afternoon.... just in time too I doubt anything's gonna happen.... in for the riots if it does though
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Posted: 10/31/2013 6:57:33 AM EDT
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I've been an electrician for 24 years...I am pretty damn sure I understand the whole power generation and distribution scenario... All the article states is "150 power companies" will be paticipating....doesn't say who, or what states....but a company like First Energy maintains parts of the grid from Ohio to New Jersey... Quote HistoryQuoted:
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you realize the power grid simulation is not on the production system, right? also there are 1000's of private power companies involved. there is no "national" power grid. I have a couple of coworkers who were telling me about this "whole power shutdown test" and I thought about the same thing you stated above. It would be very hard to shut down every power plant across the nation. Maybe these people believe all the power comes from one place. All the article states is "150 power companies" will be paticipating....doesn't say who, or what states....but a company like First Energy maintains parts of the grid from Ohio to New Jersey... then you above all people should know this is a non event 
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Posted: 10/31/2013 6:58:07 AM EDT
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I saw this show already. The penthouse couple dies, there is an elevator, and the daughter's bf gives away food. I would of shot that kid. |
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Posted: 10/31/2013 6:59:55 AM EDT
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Doesn't this go back to the idea of a grid? If one goes down, the rest pick up the slack, but if several go down and the maximum load is reached, either lines overheat trying to supply all the areas, or certain areas just get switched off. Right? The computers are "supposed" to know what to do. My refrigerator is still fucked up from our "rolling blackouts". Quote HistoryQuoted:
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you realize the power grid simulation is not on the production system, right? also there are 1000's of private power companies involved. there is no "national" power grid. I have a couple of coworkers who were telling me about this "whole power shutdown test" and I thought about the same thing you stated above. It would be very hard to shut down every power plant across the nation. Maybe these people believe all the power comes from one place. Doesn't this go back to the idea of a grid? If one goes down, the rest pick up the slack, but if several go down and the maximum load is reached, either lines overheat trying to supply all the areas, or certain areas just get switched off. Right? The computers are "supposed" to know what to do. My refrigerator is still fucked up from our "rolling blackouts". yes to an extent. Alabama will not be powering california. washing state will not be powering new jersey. the grid pieces can also be isolated to prevent such things. |
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Posted: 10/31/2013 7:03:09 AM EDT
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It was not the whole Northeast. http://jcwinnie.biz/wordpress/imageSnag/TheBlackout-8-14-03.jpg DC line from Hydro Quebec here, plus Seabrook reactor. Wow Canadians sure go to bed early. 
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Posted: 10/31/2013 8:26:21 AM EDT
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So, nothing ever goes sideways when the .Gov conducts a drill? Very well....carry on.
Does this simulation involve computers or the interweb? Yeah, worry. |
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Posted: 10/31/2013 8:33:49 AM EDT
[#34]
Weren't they trying this at Chernobyl when things went sideways?
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Posted: 10/31/2013 8:38:15 AM EDT
[#35]
13th? Ill be at work. Will not be affected.
Three of these will keep me warm. 
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Posted: 10/31/2013 8:41:06 AM EDT
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It was not the whole Northeast. http://jcwinnie.biz/wordpress/imageSnag/TheBlackout-8-14-03.jpg DC line from Hydro Quebec here, plus Seabrook reactor. http://www.snopes.com/photos/space/blackout.asp |
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Posted: 10/31/2013 8:41:08 AM EDT
[#37]
My company will be participating (PJM). It will not effect real time operations. It is simply a drill
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Posted: 10/31/2013 8:42:12 AM EDT
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name a computer simulation where something like that has occurred. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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So, nothing ever goes sideways when the .Gov conducts a drill? Very well....carry on.
name a computer simulation where something like that has occurred. No silly, it's a TV show called "Revolution" Sheeish.
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Posted: 10/31/2013 8:43:14 AM EDT
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Weren't they trying this at Chernobyl when things went sideways? Now I'm picturing a software error causing a reactor to decide it's lost external power and go into SCRAM. All those control rods slamming down at once, anyone on the floor will need to change their pants.
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Posted: 10/31/2013 8:48:23 AM EDT
[#40]
Will my Obamaphone stop working?
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Posted: 10/31/2013 8:49:35 AM EDT
[#41]
Is this going to be worse than Y2K?
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Posted: 10/31/2013 8:59:39 AM EDT
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It was not the whole Northeast. http://jcwinnie.biz/wordpress/imageSnag/TheBlackout-8-14-03.jpg DC line from Hydro Quebec here, plus Seabrook reactor. 
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Posted: 10/31/2013 10:20:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Well in the CT/NY area is SUCKED lol Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: It was not the whole Northeast. http://jcwinnie.biz/wordpress/imageSnag/TheBlackout-8-14-03.jpg DC line from Hydro Quebec here, plus Seabrook reactor. Well in the CT/NY area is SUCKED lol I was living in northwestern CT at the time, near Torrington. Never lost power. |
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Posted: 10/31/2013 10:22:35 AM EDT
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Plenty of power generation and fuel to keep the well humming along for weeks (or months if I'm careful).
Don't really need electricity for anything else but the fridges and freezers. And those don't use much. So yeah, bring it on. Freeze the yankee.
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Posted: 10/31/2013 10:29:58 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I have a couple of coworkers who were telling me about this "whole power shutdown test" and I thought about the same thing you stated above. It would be very hard to shut down every power plant across the nation. Maybe these people believe all the power comes from one place. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: you realize the power grid simulation is not on the production system, right? also there are 1000's of private power companies involved. there is no "national" power grid. I have a couple of coworkers who were telling me about this "whole power shutdown test" and I thought about the same thing you stated above. It would be very hard to shut down every power plant across the nation. Maybe these people believe all the power comes from one place. I work at a power plant and one of my coworkers thinks the same thing. But then again, his name is Knight and he doesn't know the P in pneumatic is silent. Stupid people are an endless source of entertainment.
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Posted: 10/31/2013 10:33:55 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 13th? Ill be at work. Will not be affected. Three of these will keep me warm. https://scontent-b-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/224890_3790999425724_848069811_n.jpg I've got you beat - |
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Posted: 10/31/2013 10:42:06 AM EDT
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I was supposed to be in NYC that day and I just canceled the trip prior to seeing this.
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Posted: 10/31/2013 10:54:15 AM EDT
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It was not the whole Northeast. http://jcwinnie.biz/wordpress/imageSnag/TheBlackout-8-14-03.jpg I was in a pocket of Ohio that had power during that, even the plant where I worked. Oddly enough, the line that caused it all was only 20 miles away. 
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Posted: 10/31/2013 11:16:36 AM EDT
[#49]
Fuck the lot of ya... I'm off grid... No fucks given.
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Posted: 10/31/2013 11:21:06 AM EDT
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We lost power here at the building for about 15 seconds. Too bad those fuckers don't know about our triple-redundant UPS and generators with automatic failover.
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