Info about 2003 toronto blackout?

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kenoplayer

At 4:11pm on August 14, 2003 a series of power surges over a 12 second span of time triggered a cascade of shutdowns at more than 100 generating plants in 8 US states and Ontario. 61,800 megawatts of power were lost to over 50 million people.

An inquiry determined that due to vulnerabilities within the reactive power supplies in Northern Ohio, the blackout could have been prevented.

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Auntie

I was on my way to work at a restaurant, 20 min drive took 1 hour. All the lights were out at intersections, so it was pretty crazy driving. The restaurant could not open, so we sat on the patio, drank beer, and ate all the frozen ice cream stuff. We are a steakhouse though and lost alot of money from losing expensive cuts. I think it was a good thing in some ways because it made everyone slow down and work together more.

chemical_echo

I was working at Canada's Wonderland.
All the rides suddenly stopped if they were on the lift hill, or in the station or the final breaks.
Drop Zone had just released, so the people on the ride got lucky.
We had to evacuate everybody off of the rides and out of the park. Once everyone was gone, there was a huge staff BBQ to help get rid of all the food that would have went bad in the freezers.

Getting home that night was hell since the GO-Buses were packed and stopped running early. Took me almost 2hrs to drive home when it should only take about 30-45.

â™¥ Hailey â™£

OMG that was scary!
Check out this website for all the info!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_North_America_blackout

forever5

It was my birthday. My dinner reservations had to be cancelled. Our hydro came back on the next afternoon.

COSMO

I had a great time i had a garage party with a guys big bbq, and a 6500watt generator to run the beer fridge..........

Jenn â™¥

It was 2 days. Everything suddenly stopped functionning and Toronto was sentenced to 2 days of no electricity.

Cause: Too much energy usage.

pete7992000

I lost my job that day effective Sept. 30th and got stuck downtown until 10pm then finally got home and sat around in the dark it was very hot and humid that night a typical august night in Toronto in the summer the subway was shut down for a couple of days so i got some time off I had a new job by mid October which I still have.

Imaka

It was the largest blackout in North American history. There were huge neighbourhood BBQ's all over the place as people shared food and used up things that were in their refrigerators. This I heard from my sister who was in the middle of it. Traffic was quite snarled for a while. Some water systems lost water pressure. Bottled water was delivered to many areas. Cooling stations were set up for people at risk such as the elderly and the sick. Telephones sometimes worked, but the systems were overloaded. Many television and radio stations were able to remain on the air because of backup generators. Some people were able to see the Milky Way, orbiting satellites, and stars for the first time because the light pollution disappeared for a couple of days. There was a huge impact on financial markets and international air travel. Happily, there was not a surge of crime because of the blackout. I listened to the news about all of this while sitting in lovely heat and humidity of the cabin of our sailboat in Florida. Wikipedia has a good synopsis of it.

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