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Fw: Computers crashed just before blackout
From: "Geoff Shively" <gshively () pivx com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 14:15:06 -0700
Thanks Richard Cheers, Geoff Shively, CHO PivX Solutions, LLC http://www.pivx.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com> To: <cta () hcsin net>; "'Michael Scheidell'" <scheidell () secnap net>; "'Alan Kloster'" <akloster () spp org>; "'Geoff Shively'" <gshively () pivx com>; "'Drew Copley'" <dcopley () eeye com> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 6:35 AM Subject: Computers crashed just before blackout
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/106207424 774610.xml Computers crashed just before blackout 08/28/03 John Funk Teresa Dixon Murray and Tom Breckenridge Plain Dealer Reporters FirstEnergy Corp. could not see mounting transmission line problems in the crucial hour before the Aug. 14 blackout because its key computers were down, according to at least two municipal electric systems. Whether the computer troubles were the result of hardware or software problems was not known yesterday. Investigators from the Department of Energy have visited the utility's Akron control center, said spokesman Ralph DiNicola. FirstEnergy is detailing how the control center computers operated that day for the DOE, said DiNicola. He repeatedly declined to say whether there were any computer problems. ... ################################################################# ################################################################# ################################################################# ##### ##### ##### ################################################################# ################################################################# ################################################################# ################################################################# ################################################################# ################################################################# ##### ##### ##### ################################################################# ################################################################# #################################################################
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- Fw: Computers crashed just before blackout Geoff Shively (Aug 29)
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