Blackouts Blackouts The 1998 Auckland power crisis was an event that occurred in the Auckland, New Zealand Central Business District. The area suffered a five-week long power outage in 1998. ...more on Wikipedia about "1998 Auckland power crisis"
The 2003 Italy blackout was a serious power outage that affected all of Italy, except the island of Sardinia for 9 hours and part of Switzerland near Geneva for 3 hours on 28 September 2003. It was the largest blackout in the series of blackouts in 2003, affecting a total of 56 million people. It was also the most serious blackout in Italy in 20 years. ...more on Wikipedia about "2003 Italy blackout"
The 2003 London blackout was a serious power outage that occurred in parts of southern London and north-west Kent on 28 August 2003. It was the largest blackout in South East England since the great Storm of 1987, affecting an estimated 500,000 people (about one percent of the population of the U.K.). ...more on Wikipedia about "2003 London blackout"
The 2003 North America blackout was a massive power outage which occurred throughout parts of the northeastern United States and eastern Canada on Thursday, August 14, 2003. Although not affecting as many people as the later 2003 Italy blackout, it was the largest blackout in North American history. It affected an estimated 10 million people in Ontario, Canada (about one-third of the population of Canada), and 40 million people in eight U.S. states (about one-seventh of the population of the U.S.). Outage-related financial losses were estimated at $6 billion. ...more on Wikipedia about "2003 North America blackout"
The Atlantic Power Outage of 2005 caused millions of people along the Atlantic coast of the USA to suffer power outages. Winter storms caused power cuts from December 15, 2005 onwards. ...more on Wikipedia about "2005 Atlantic Power Outage"
The 2005 Java-Bali Blackout refers to a massive power outage on Java — the main island of Indonesia in which the capital Jakarta is located — and Bali on August 18 2005. ...more on Wikipedia about "2005 Java-Bali Blackout"
The 2005 Los Angeles power outage was a widespread power outage in Los Angeles, California on September 12, 2005 that began just before 1:00 PM (Pacific) ** . Though the city government says no terrorist involvement is suspected, ironically, an Al-Qaeda member said Los Angeles was a future target in a televised statement on September 11, 2005. No fires due to the outage had been reported in the city of Los Angeles or surrounding areas. A spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Police Department said outages were reported across downtown Los Angeles, Koreatown, North Hollywood, Burbank and in the San Fernando Valley. Officials said power had not been lost at Los Angeles International Airport. The Mayor's office said that by 2:30 PM (Pacific) power had been restored to most locations. ** ...more on Wikipedia about "2005 Los Angeles power outage"
This is a list of famous wide-scale power outages ...more on Wikipedia about "List of power outages"
The New York City Blackout of 1977 was a blackout that affected New York City on July 13– 14, 1977. ...more on Wikipedia about "New York City blackout of 1977"
The Northeast Blackout of 1965 was a significant disruption in the supply of electricity on November 9, 1965, affecting Ontario, Canada and Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont, New York, and New Jersey in the United States. Around 25 million people and 80,000 square miles (207,000 km²) were left without electricity for up to twelve hours. ...more on Wikipedia about "Northeast Blackout of 1965"
A power outage is the loss of the electricity supply to an area. ...more on Wikipedia about "Power outage"
Rolling blackout refers to an intentionally-engineered electrical power outage, caused by insufficient available resources to meet prevailing demand for electricity. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rolling blackout"
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