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coffeesp00ns · 2437 days ago · link · · parent · post: TIH: August 14, 2003- A software bug leads to a failure cascade in the North American Power Grid
I remember this. I was on vacation driving to Newfoundland from Ontario. My sister called my mom and said they didn't have power, and it was all over the news. I had a friend in St. Catherines, ON, whose block, for some reason, was on a different grid, so he and his family still had power. He just switched to a Pacific Server and kept on playing Xbox.