Sentence examples for causing a blackout in from inspiring English sources
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.
Power was redistributed automatically but the other lines also failed, causing a blackout in 11 Western states and two Canadian provinces.
The conflict continued to rage on Monday, with the Syrian government accusing rebels of attacking an important power line, causing a blackout in Damascus, areas to the north and a swath of territory reaching south to the Jordanian border.
An article on Tuesday about a spate of bad weather in New England that has undercut the sense of pride that residents there usually have for the region's beautiful trees described incorrectly the incident that set off a cascade of events causing a blackout in 2003 in eight states and in Canada.
Another storm, in 2003, caused a blackout in Sweden and fried 14 high-voltage transformers in South Africa.
B3 Con Ed Sued Over Blackout A group of 100 small businesses in Washington Heights filed suit against Con Edison, contending that their companies had suffered because the utility's neglect caused a blackout in July 1999.
But the most amazing moment was when DJ's Are Not Rockstars were playing and a major thunder storm outside caused a blackout in the club.
A solar storm in March 1989 caused a blackout in Quebec which left millions of people without electricity for 9 hours, and cost the region an estimated 2 billion dollars, closing hospitals and halting trading on Toronto's stock market.
The mechanism by which primary energy congestion can cause a blackout is shown in Fig. 2.
While many of our plants may not be vulnerable to the one-two of earthquake and tsunami, many of them are in situations where hurricanes or tornadoes or ice storms or a tree in Cleveland could cause a blackout that would put us in the same situation".
