Lights Out! FOR REAL!

The only light in the city came from the cars. (See Blackout of 2003 below)
Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated by Spies
WASHINGTON -- Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, according to current and former national-security officials. READ ALL...

The Northeast Blackout of 2003 was a massive widespread power outage that occurred throughout parts of the Northeastern and Midwestern United States, and Ontario, Canada on Thursday, August 14, 2003, at approximately 4:15 pm EDT (20:15 UTC)

The blackout affected an estimated 10 million people in the Canadian province of Ontario and 45 million people in eight U.S. states. READ ALL...

Al Qaeda Claims Responsibility For Power Blackout In U.S.!
A communiqué attributed to Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the power blackout that happened in the U.S. last Thursday, saying that the brigades of Abu Fahes Al Masri had hit two main power plants supplying the East of the U.S., as well as major industrial cities in the U.S. and Canada, "its ally in the war against Islam (New York and Toronto) and their neighbors."

The communiqué assured that the operation "was carried out on the orders of Osama bin Laden to hit the pillars of the U.S. economy," as "a realization of bin Laden's promise to offer the Iraqi people a present."

The communiqué ended with: "we tell the Muslims that this is not the awaited strike, but it is called the war of skirmishes (to drain the enemy), and that the American snakes are enormous and need to be consumed and weakened to be destroyed. We tell the people of Afghanistan and Kashmir that the gift of Sheikh Osama bin Laden is on its way to the White House; then the gift of Al Aqsa, and do we know what is the giftof Al Aqsa, where and when? The answer is what you are seeing!" READ ALL...

Has power grid been hacked? U.S. won't say
"They are all over the place," said (an) official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. "They're getting into university systems, contractor systems, hacking government systems. There's no reason to think that the electrical system would be immune as well."

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano told reporters the power grid is vulnerable to potentially disabling computer attacks, while declining to comment on reports that an intrusion had taken place.

"The vulnerability is something that the Department of Homeland Security and the energy sector have known about for years," she said. "We acknowledge that ... in this world, in an increasingly cyber [and hostile] world, these are increasing risks." READ ALL...

Be prepared for limited, restricted or controlled access to your electrical energy and fuel sources. Subject to higher prices, possible rationing or total loss by sabotage.

Blackouts cause N America chaos

Traffic lights failed, underground railways were evacuated and people were trapped in lifts in offices and apartments.

... the city is waking up to an unusual sight - thousands of people lying on the sidewalks, propped up against shop fronts, lounging on the edge of fountains, huddled round small clusters of night lights chatting.

Many workers left their offices early, walking across bridges out of Manhattan, choking pavements and roads.

Civilians manned intersections directing gridlocked traffic after traffic signals failed, while on the pavements dozens of people queued up to use payphones after mobile phone networks broke down.

Power to many hospitals and prisons was also reported to have failed but key institutions were working on back-up generators.

Trams and underground trains in the city came to an abrupt halt.

"It was so dark, and everything was off, and I was scared. No air conditioner, the phones - they need electricity. And it's so, so hot." READ ALL...

The New York City Blackout Edition w/photos

Lights Out America
Environmentalists, power generation, Anti-energy jihad

Another prolonged blackout would ruin enough food to create a food shortage, and rioting could break out.
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