- Some areas lost water pressure because pumps lacked power. This loss of pressure caused potential contamination of the water supply.
- With the power fluctuations on the grid, power plants automatically went into "safe mode" to prevent damage in the case of an overload. This put much of the nuclear power normally available offline until those plants could be slowly taken out of "safe mode".
- Amtrak's Northeast Corridor railroad service was stopped north of Philadelphia, and all trains running into and out of New York City were shut down,
- Many gas stations were unable to pump fuel due to lack of electricity. In North Bay, Ontario, for instance, a long line of transport trucks was held up, unable to go further west to Manitoba without refueling. In some cities, traffic problems were compounded by motorists who simply drove until their cars ran out of gas on the highway.
- Cellular communication devices were disrupted. This was mainly due to the loss of backup power at the cellular sites where generators ran out of fuel.
- Large numbers of factories were closed in the affected area, and others outside the area were forced to close or slow work because of supply problems and the need to conserve energy while the grid was being stabilized.
This was just a few days. Imagine 30 days of this. It would total chaos. A lot of people forget how much we rely on electricity and the power grid.
The question is, how do they maintain full control over the grid for a month, when all the network equipment they rely on to hack the grid relies on electricity to operate?
Remember the 2003 blackout?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003
- Some areas lost water pressure because pumps lacked power. This loss of pressure caused potential contamination of the water supply.
- With the power fluctuations on the grid, power plants automatically went into "safe mode" to prevent damage in the case of an overload. This put much of the nuclear power normally available offline until those plants could be slowly taken out of "safe mode".
- Amtrak's Northeast Corridor railroad service was stopped north of Philadelphia, and all trains running into and out of New York City were shut down,
- Many gas stations were unable to pump fuel due to lack of electricity. In North Bay, Ontario, for instance, a long line of transport trucks was held up, unable to go further west to Manitoba without refueling. In some cities, traffic problems were compounded by motorists who simply drove until their cars ran out of gas on the highway.
- Cellular communication devices were disrupted. This was mainly due to the loss of backup power at the cellular sites where generators ran out of fuel.
- Large numbers of factories were closed in the affected area, and others outside the area were forced to close or slow work because of supply problems and the need to conserve energy while the grid was being stabilized.
This was just a few days. Imagine 30 days of this. It would total chaos. A lot of people forget how much we rely on electricity and the power grid.