Failure

DC loses power

In Failure, Infrastructure, Washinton D.C. on 16 June 2008 with no comments

Another sign of weakening infrastructure, this time in the nation’s capital.
A single switch in a Pepco substation failed yesterday morning, cutting power to the heart of the nation’s capital, including the White House and downtown offices. The outage shut down Metro stations, threw rush-hour traffic into a state of bedlam and highlighted how vulnerable the [...]