India's Power Grid Collapses - 680 million without power

[LadyEagle]

NEW DELHI—India suffered the world's most massive power outage on Tuesday as transmission networks serving areas inhabited by 680 million collapsed, putting the nation's ramshackle infrastructure on stark display.

The grid failure, the second massive blackout in as many days, happened around 1 p.m. local time and affected 18 states and two union territories in north and eastern India, grinding trains across large swaths of the country to a halt, forcing thousands of hospitals and factories to operate on generators, temporarily stranding hundreds of coal miners underground and causing losses to businesses estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100...0413178678898.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTTopStories

I read elsewhere it was 3 major power grids involved.



Posted this because with our coal plants being shut down by obama's EPA regulations, and the majority of our electricity comes from coal, we should not be surprised if this is our story one day. :tear:

When storms knocked out power a few weeks ago in WV and Kentucky and in some Eastern states, millions were without power here for a few days (I have relatives who were without power for a week) and millions of tons of food had to be thrown out, people were suffering in the extreme heat. But to my knowledge, we have not seen power grids collapse like what is happening above - in the heat of the summer.

 

[Arbo]

Who will they call for tech support?

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

Who will they call for tech support?

Will that put a dent in the call centers? Hi, I'm Bob.... LOL

Wish I was sellin generators.:smilewinkgrin:

 

[Arbo]

Will that put a dent in the call centers? Hi, I'm Bob.... LOL

...And they'll complain that they can't understand a word Bob says.