Sentence examples for causing a blackout from inspiring English sources
It cuts the risk of the grid running short of power and causing a blackout.
And in Picher, Okla., someone felled the town's utility poles with chain saws, allowing thieves to abscond with 3,000 feet of wire while causing a blackout.
In 2003, two intense storms traveled from the Sun to Earth in just 19 hours, causing a blackout in Sweden and affecting satellites, broadcast communications, airlines and navigation.
Cybersecurity experts say a hack in December 2015 destabilized Kiev's power grid, causing a blackout in part of the Ukrainian capital.
To eliminate the possibility of additional failures causing a blackout, operators change the power flows by starting some generators and reducing power to others.
Power was redistributed automatically but the other lines also failed, causing a blackout in 11 Western states and two Canadian provinces.
The eventual consummation of their attraction causes a blackout and several explosions.
If terrorists were able to take down nine key substations, it would cause a blackout coast to coast".
Another storm, in 2003, caused a blackout in Sweden and fried 14 high-voltage transformers in South Africa.
Tests revealed no trace of drugs, alcohol or medications that could have caused a blackout, according to Wittmann.
