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To: LindyBill who wrote (687545)7/14/2019 8:34:12 AM
From: quehubo  Respond to of 793838
 
Densely populated areas like Manhattan likely have hundreds of single point failure risks with potential for large short term black outs. Grids get most stressed in heat also when loads are highest. So transformer failures, switch / line / underground cable failures are not to be unexpected. One wonders how much of this equipment is 40+ years old, tic toc.