Early CBS radio report of major power outages in the Northeast affecting New York, Detroit, Toronto, Ottawa, Cleveland, Toledo, Albany, Syracuse and other cities. Reports of a fire at a Con-Ed plant in NYC. No information on the underlying cause.
Terrorism? Who knows yet, the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 wasn't caused by terrorism, but this is a different world.
CNN now has has a report.
Subsequent CBS radio reports say most likely cause is overloaded grid, no indication of terrorism or foul play.
FERC says "no terrorism".
Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at August 14, 2003 01:59 PM