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| Power Outage Hits Athens Before Olympics | |
| 2004-07-12 | |
A widespread power outage hit Athens and southern Greece on Monday, cutting off air conditioning as temperatures pushed past 104 degrees and causing traffic chaos in the capital a month before the start of the Olympics. The midday blackout, blamed by the government on "mismanagement" of the electrical grid, raised serious concerns about Athens' ability to handle increased power demands during the Olympics, but officials promised the network was ready to handle the Aug. 13-29 games.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #7 Check Check Yup - I'm ready for the "Jihad"-ympics. |
| Posted by: Yosemite Sam 2004-07-12 2:36:56 PM |
| #6 When I was in Greece they used to take the power grid down twice a year for preventive maintenance (usually for six hours). Even with that we still lost power at least four other times during the year (on average). Not too bad in the summer but the cold winter nights were not very nice. Sounds like things haven’t improved much sine I was there. What say you Aris? Lights on all the time now? |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge (VRWC CA Chapter) 2004-07-12 2:14:22 PM |
| #5 I'll bet that now is the last minute down-for-maintenance period prior to the Olympics. Sounds like they gambled and came up craps. But it may still have been necessary to avoid the same problem later in the summer. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-07-12 1:59:36 PM |
| #4 it seems aris overheated bullshit has finally done in the power grid in greece... |
| Posted by: Dan 2004-07-12 12:48:15 PM |
| #3 and hot... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-07-12 12:48:13 PM |
| #2 I thought Aris had been quiet... |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2004-07-12 12:41:58 PM |
| #1 Sure they're ready, uh-huh. Like I'm ready for the time trial... |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-07-12 12:39:06 PM |