Power Grid Information Relating to Blackouts.

From a previous post on another thread:
"The "power lines" in Ohio are now being discounted as the original cause and grid operators have made statements that as early as noon on Thursday, there were "very strange" fluctuations in the voltage and loads on the grid."

This was reported on the air on Fox News on 18 August, then quickly dropped from any national media that I saw. "Experts" even on this site began discounting these statements and quickly latched on to the "...345 kv powerline failures in Ohio..." theory.

I suppose we all just feel more comfortable with nice neat answers, but have you seen what's beginning to trickle out now?

Joint Task Force's Timeline of Blackout

Transcripts Reveal Blackout May Not Be First Energy's Fault

Task Force Notes Problems Before Blackout

Just a couple of excerpts...
"Voltage shifts, line problems and power plant shutdowns were observed "well before" midday and across several states..." "...many things happened well before 12 p.m. ... across several states" and some of those problems also "may be relevant in a causal sense to the blackout,"

"Midwest utilities were struggling to keep their systems in balance hours before last month's massive blackout,

Personally, I believe the jury is still out on this one, that we may in fact never be told what really happened, and that we should all be a bit more hesitant to jump at convenient answers offered up far too quickly for what is often a very complex situation.

Interesting, no?

I have to wonder how they managed to hush all this talk and gently persuade all major news outlets into believing the simple story of those 3 power line failures that caused it all....

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