Ep 37 2003 NE Blackout

<p>Engineering News – LEGO is Running On 100% Renewable Energy (2:10)</p> <p>This week's engineering failure is the 2003 Northeast Blackout (8:10). What started as a series of small events over the course of a couple of hours (11:00), cascaded into a full-blown blackout on a hot summer day. The impact was huge (17:10) and there were a number of causes (27:30). The investigation (32:00) shared their findings and recommendations to prevent this from happening again. </p> <p> </p> <p>Check out our new Patreon page for Mini Failure bonus episodes -<a href='https://www.patreon.com/failurology'> </a><a href='https://www.patreon.com/failurology'>https://www.patreon.com/failurology</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Photos/Sources/Summary from this episode -<a href='https://www.failurology.ca/'> </a><a href='https://www.failurology.ca/'>https://www.failurology.ca/</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Ways to get in touch</p> <p>Twitter -<a href='https://twitter.com/failurology'> https://twitter.com/failurology</a></p> <p>Email - thefailurologypodcast@gmail.com</p> <p>Linked In -<a href='https://www.linkedin.com/company/failurology-podcast'> https://www.linkedin.com/company/failurology-podcast</a></p> <p>YouTube -<a href='https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh1Buq46PYyxKbCDGTqbsDg'> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh1Buq46PYyxKbCDGTqbsDg</a></p>