Gothamist: Operation Hydra Coming to NYC's Power Grid

coned sucks

Tue, 22 May 2007 15:38:57 -0500

No doubt Con Ed will screw this up like everything else. Yet another black hole of cash.

Kojak

Tue, 22 May 2007 14:15:39 -0500

Bahh... why do I care? As long as my PC works I'm happy

Kojak

Tue, 22 May 2007 13:50:57 -0500

Its a simple fail over system. It has nothing to do with adding more substations, replacing thousands of miles of old lines, etc. They are using what we currently have to better prevent blackouts (Which is good, don't get me wrong), but not upgrading for future capacity.

Duh.

Tue, 22 May 2007 13:44:47 -0500

#2 - Ummm...what you asked for is what they are doing. They are upgrading the grid to prevent blackouts. Would you rather that they spend billions on a solution that might not work? It's called testing. Without it, products don't work.

Kojak

Tue, 22 May 2007 13:29:40 -0500

Sooo instead of spending the billions of dollars necessary to properly upgrade the grid to prevent these type of things from happening, we're going to use a low cost, half-assed solution. Perfect! Its like putting a band-aid on a shotgun wound.

David McCaffredy

Tue, 22 May 2007 12:53:27 -0500

How many tax dollars did it take to pay the branding firm that created "Team Hydra"? I'll excuse it as long as they ride around in a van that shoots missiles and has a witty old man for their team leader.