Sep
13
2005

quote of the day: whoops

A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power explains how the blackout occurred:

A spokeswoman for the utility said workers at a receiving station mistakenly cut one line and then hooked up the wrong wires, causing a power surge into a line that was not expecting that much electricity.

“Something was cut,” said Gale Harris, a spokeswoman for the Department of Water and Power, which also lost power during the blackout. “Somebody said, ‘Whoops.’”

(Washington Post: “‘Whoops,’ and L.A. Has a Two-Hour Blackout” - 09/13/05)

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