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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 2003
Page
10
Ottawa faced outages as top officials gave hand written statements by candlelight. Communication lines failed for media while essential government offices stayed on. Prime Minister Chretien vacationed in Quebec and later spoke with Bush as a joint task force was announced to study cause and prevention.
The Lake Erie Loop a 1000 mile cross border power corridor around the Great Lakes is under scrutiny as the likely origin of Thursday's blackout. NERC notes a section in Ohio as the fault focus while stressing long standing reliability challenges and coordinated oversight by U S and Canadian utilities.
NYC and other cities saw a drop in felony calls and arrests amid the blackout with Mayor Bloomberg noting no spike in crime and police highly visible on streets. Detroit reported 165 felony arrests over two days, fewer than typical, while Toronto and Ottawa reported normal crime levels.
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