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Ep 37 2003 NE Blackout
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48 minutes
Released:
Nov 21, 2021
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Description
Engineering News – LEGO is Running On 100% Renewable Energy (2:10)
This week's engineering failure is the 2003 Northeast Blackout (8:10). What started as a series of small events over the course of a couple of hours (11:00), cascaded into a full-blown blackout on a hot summer day. The impact was huge (17:10) and there were a number of causes (27:30). The investigation (32:00) shared their findings and recommendations to prevent this from happening again.
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This week's engineering failure is the 2003 Northeast Blackout (8:10). What started as a series of small events over the course of a couple of hours (11:00), cascaded into a full-blown blackout on a hot summer day. The impact was huge (17:10) and there were a number of causes (27:30). The investigation (32:00) shared their findings and recommendations to prevent this from happening again.
Check out our new Patreon page for Mini Failure bonus episodes - https://www.patreon.com/failurology
Photos/Sources/Summary from this episode - https://www.failurology.ca/
Ways to get in touch
Twitter - https://twitter.com/failurology
Email - thefailurologypodcast@gmail.com
Linked In - https://www.linkedin.com/company/failurology-podcast
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh1Buq46PYyxKbCDGTqbsDg
Released:
Nov 21, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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