Not long after the Northeast Blackout of 2003, there were subsequent blackouts in a few other countries and I don’t recall a real good explanation being given (at least publicly) for why these occurred, so it’s conceivable it was some sort of attack.
CP

Uhm no, the expanation was clear, correct and concise.

Power plants and the grid are all interconnected. If one area is drawing more current than that area Power plants can produce, current from other Power plants are brought in to the grid.

This is normal GRID operation.

Normal operation of Power plant Generators is that they produce power to a specific “current level”. They cannot go over that level without causing catastrophic damage to the Generator (they go BOOM!).

To prevent that, circuit protection devices, like circuit breakers are used to automatically disconnect that Generator from that Power plants grid.

As stated above other Power plants supplement this lose of one generator because all of the grids are interconnected.

Now, if say, ya have a very hot day, all power plants are producing power at or near their max.

As Power plant Generators reach their max, and the demand for power continues to rise the self-protection devices will take that Generator off line.

As stated above under normal operation current from other Power plants are brought in to cover the loss of that now “off line Generator’.

This can only happen so many times till ALL the Generators being overloaded and, (as advertised), shut them selves down.

This is what happened in the 03 blackout.
The simple fact is “Every thing worked as advertised”.

At power plants where operators were on the ball, could see the cascading failures happing disconnected them selves from the interconnected grid (isolated their system) and shed load off their grid. Those areas did not have complete blackouts.

This is the same in most of the world. Other countries that had blackouts had them for the same reasons.

Including the much-vaunted “European Smart Grid” that went black a few months later.

Smart Grids cannot defeat the laws of physics or Ohms law.

And never forget Murphy is always the first to clock in and the last to clock out, and never takes a day off.

At lest that would be my first guess.

“he backed into a distribution box, hacking the wires apart. Horror of horrors two homes were plunged into darkness and there was panic in the streets”

Oh no!
Me think me know WTF Obama talking bout!

“Who plunged entire cities into darkness with the click of a mouse? No one knows.”

Perhaps not a “click of a mouse” but the gnawing, chewing of mice on wires?
Also know as “crispy critters”

Sent that one in yesterday. To the wrong email address of course. One of those days……

I’m not entirely sure, but I think “blackout” is racist, not to mention “boogeyman”.
SouthernGent

Only if the word “Bamboozled” is also used.

Example:

The President has basically “Bamboozled” us with his boogeyman story:

Wait, that was a commercial. …nevermind…

Seriously, as one commenter has already said – “Who will pay for this new “security”. We will of course. First comes the danger, then the protection, then the “Value Added Tax”. Obama is beginning what can only be a move to accomplish what our Congress has been trying for a decade – taxing the internet. Not just for sales but simple access.

I just hope he doesn’t pull a Scotty and say “I’m lying.” It will throw the whole country into a tailspin with smoke coming out of our collective ears.

How many victims of Obama’s followers perished in even care that he’s lying about these cyber-attacks? No one knows.

Probably the most relevant bullet point.

Calm down girl.

blatantblue on June 1, 2009 at 9:27 AM

I dunno…might be difficult now….

Oh, wait a minute, that never happened.

But we need a cyber czar to prevent World CyberWar Y2KIX from paralyzing our cities “again”.

I’m not entirely sure, but I think “blackout” is racist, not to mention “boogeyman”.

SouthernGent on June 1, 2009 at 8:12 AM

Funny.

Remember Sambo’s restaurants in the 1980s? They were shut down over their name because it was perceived as being racially insensitive. The fouder’s name was probably Sam and this was his nickname, but no matter. Perception is everything.

You see, minorities can throw around words like that, but not “majorities.”

However, a quick look at the daily tracking poll on Rasmussen shows he’s back up to +10 on presidential approval index.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/daily_presidential_tracking_poll

Barrack on June 1, 2009 at 8:34 AM

That would change if the MSM ever actually reported any of the idiotic things he does. Therefore it’s unlikely to change.

The Prompter Czar!