"Electric Power Systems in North America" Army/Mil View and yes it's y2k related!

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Posted by Darlene on another board. Worth your time to visit all 26 slides.

http://www2.army.mil/army-y2k/y2kelectric90224/sld001.htm

-- sandi (sandihere@hotmail.com), April 19, 1999

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Trying again for the link

http://www2.army.mil/army-y2k/y2kelectric90224/sld001.htm

-- sandi (sandihere@hotmail.com), April 19, 1999.


Hi Sandi,

Posts are coming so fast and furious these days it would have been hard for you to know that we (collectively) have already been made aware of this site.

Rick Cowles has immersed himself in grid issues, and here's what he had to say about the above site:

****** Cowles response:

Interesting reading.

I think it's a foregone conclusion that, given the intelligence network available to the U.S. government, there's information regarding Y2k to which we'll never be privvy. In that respect, I suppose it's kind of like hoping the Pope will reveal the Third Secret of Fatima, or expecting that any of us will be presented with the Rosetta Stone of Y2k with which to read through all of the corporate and governmental Y2k mumbo jumbo.

There's enough shreds of evidence, however, to lead anyone to believe that someone else in high places knows something you don't. This document regarding the electric industry and Y2k is just one of many bits and pieces of such datum.

It's kind of a schizophrenic document, in my view. For example, CNA predicts "It is unlikely that we will know what will happen to electric power until we experience the Y2K transition..." (page 23), but rather than offer any solutions or advice for the Army to prepare for any unforeseen Y2k power difficulties, goes off on a tangent about public preparedness and reaction! (pages 24, and 25).

I'm sure there were many holes that were filled in during the actual presentation. It's kind of hard to dissect intent from the Powerpoint presentation alone. Never the less, it's a very interesting document.

Oh, and for those who wonder who CNA is:

CNA is a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC) sponsored by the Department of the Navy. For more than 50 years, CNA has conducted research and analysis that have helped the Navy and Marine Corps become more effective and efficient. CNA conducts analyses for other Department of Defense and non-Defense clients whose needs fall within CNA's mission as an FFRDC.

-- Rick Cowles (rcowles@waterw.com), April 16, 1999.

On a related note, some of us are waiting for Rick's interpretation of a recent GAO report on the power grid.

I think enough of us will be checking his site to repost here. In the meantime, there's a discussion on that report at:

http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=000j63

:)

-- FM (vidprof@aol.com), April 19, 1999.


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