I saw a presentation last night put on by our local POCO, (LIPA) on the chain of events leading up to the Blackout on Long Island (NY) and the challenges faced in getting everything back online. The speaker was the person in charge of keeping all of the High Voltage lines in operation. He went on to talk about what he says was the worst (and most educational) 26 hrs of his life.

I don't know a lot about this stuff, but what he said sounded logical to me and some of the problems mentioned in getting things back on line also made sense and I think we may take these guys for granted a bit much sometimes. It sounds like a whole lot more than just flipping switches back on. My hat's off to anyone involved in bringing things back that might be reading this.

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