http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/08/14/energyexpert_030814 We predicted this: energy expert Last Updated Thu, 14 Aug 2003 20:57:07 BOULDER, COLORADO - Energy experts have been warning about large-scale blackouts in North America since the early eighties. Bill Browning of the Rocky Mountain Institute in Colorado says a report for the U.S. Pentagon in 1982 cautioned the American government about the fragility of the power grid system in North America. ... --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb