"... Niagara-Mohawk power grid was overloaded."

Thu Aug 14 23:19:24 UTC 2003

In article <3F3BFA27.3010601 at ehsco.com>, Eric A. Hall <ehall at ehsco.com>
writes
>NEW YORK (CNN) -- A major power outage simultaneously struck dozens of
>cities in the United States and Canada late Thursday afternoon.

TV news reporting that it was due to a lightning strike just south of
Niagra. Seems to have cascaded rather badly.

Bell Canada appealing to customers only to use cellphones and landlines
for 911 emergencies.
-- 
Roland Perry