As the media stated, it could have been worse because the entire grid could have collapsed within seconds had not grid managers been able to institute rolling blackouts. Twenty-six million customers, including healthcare facilities, could have been totally blacked out for literally weeks and maybe months. Contributing Factors: Wind turbines in the Panhandle locked up. […]
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Lessons Learned from the Bombing in Nashville
On December 25th, 2020, Nashville, TN, was hit by what some would say was domestic terrorism. Several AT&T services were compromised when emergency power was interrupted by a reported shut down of natural gas to emergency generators, which supplied power to communication equipment. Hind-site would suggest that maybe diesel generators would have been a better choice. Hind-site is […]