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Electrical outages. cyber attacks ?

What's the chances of the power outages and airport problems being cyber attacks.     Is that possible.   I would think so  ?


Gary

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  • What goes around,comes around.


    Looking through my archive I came across this.


    Sunday morning, just before half past eleven.

    11.24 A switching incident at Battersea disconnects the 70 MW generator in service; almost simultaneously a generating unit at Deptford sustains serious damage.  Immediately a second unit at Deptford trips out as a result.

    11.26  The third remaining unit at Deptford trips out.  Both stations disconnect from the grid and the load is picked up by other stations, some as far away as Brighton.  Within the next four minutes the load on the single 132 kV line across the Thames is trebled.

    11.30  That 132kV line trips out.  The automatic protection on the power plants at Barking operates and by 11.40 that station is disconnected from the grid.  Woolwich also shuts down.

    11.40 Brimsdown "B", Hackney, Walthamstow and West Ham disconnect from the grid.

    11.45  Bankside, Croydon and Norwich disconnect from the grid.

    Stations as far away as Brighton disconnect.


    Most supplies were restored very quickly, but some took up to four hours to restore, including the Southern Railway which was cut off until 3 o'clock in the afternoon.


    The station names show that this was some time ago.  The date?  29th July 1934, not long after the grid became operational.


    David
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  • What goes around,comes around.


    Looking through my archive I came across this.


    Sunday morning, just before half past eleven.

    11.24 A switching incident at Battersea disconnects the 70 MW generator in service; almost simultaneously a generating unit at Deptford sustains serious damage.  Immediately a second unit at Deptford trips out as a result.

    11.26  The third remaining unit at Deptford trips out.  Both stations disconnect from the grid and the load is picked up by other stations, some as far away as Brighton.  Within the next four minutes the load on the single 132 kV line across the Thames is trebled.

    11.30  That 132kV line trips out.  The automatic protection on the power plants at Barking operates and by 11.40 that station is disconnected from the grid.  Woolwich also shuts down.

    11.40 Brimsdown "B", Hackney, Walthamstow and West Ham disconnect from the grid.

    11.45  Bankside, Croydon and Norwich disconnect from the grid.

    Stations as far away as Brighton disconnect.


    Most supplies were restored very quickly, but some took up to four hours to restore, including the Southern Railway which was cut off until 3 o'clock in the afternoon.


    The station names show that this was some time ago.  The date?  29th July 1934, not long after the grid became operational.


    David
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