The Night the Power Grid Went Dark
On August 14, 2003, a software bug in an Ohio power company triggered the largest blackout in North American history. Within nine seconds, fifty-five million...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 97:1-2, 5-6, 9.
On August 14, 2003, a software bug in an Ohio power company triggered the largest blackout in North American history. Within nine seconds, fifty-five million people from Detroit to New York City lost electricity. Traffic lights died. Subway trains froze underground. Skyscrapers went black floor by floor, like candles snuffed out in sequence. But something unexpected happened that night in Manhattan.…
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