http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/3146136.stm James Baldwin

-----Original Message----- From: Sean Donelan [mailto:sean@donelan.com] Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2003 11:44 PM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Italy: the latest member of the blackout club

Joining the Northeast parts of the United States and Canada, parts of Denmark and Sweden; Italy is the latest country to experience widespread power failure of the electrical grid.

According to the Italian national electric company ACEA, power is out in almost the entire country.

The cause is not known.