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From: gshively at pivx.com (Geoff Shively)
Subject: Fw: Computers crashed just before blackout

Thanks Richard

Cheers,

Geoff Shively, CHO
PivX Solutions, LLC

http://www.pivx.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms@...puterbytesman.com>
To: <cta@...in.net>; "'Michael Scheidell'" <scheidell@...nap.net>; "'Alan
Kloster'" <akloster@....org>; "'Geoff Shively'" <gshively@...x.com>; "'Drew
Copley'" <dcopley@...e.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
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> 08/28/03
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> John Funk Teresa Dixon Murray and Tom Breckenridge
> Plain Dealer Reporters
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> 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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