When the Lights Went Out
Blackouts—whether they result from military planning, network failure, human error, or terrorism—offer snapshots of electricity''s increasingly central role in American society.
Where were you when the lights went out? At home during a thunderstorm? During the Great Northeastern Blackout of 1965? In California when rolling blackouts hit in 2000? In 2003, when a cascading power failure left fifty mi...
Blackouts—whether they result from military planning, network failure, human error, or terrorism—offer snapshots of electricity''s increasingly central role in American society.
Where were you when the lights went out? At home during a thunderstorm? During the Great Northeastern Blackout of 1965? In California when rolling blackouts hit in 2000? In 2003, when a cascading power failure left fifty mi...
