Power to the people – please - Lindsay Advocate

Power to the people – please - Lindsay Advocate

August 14, 2003: My family was just leaving Ontario Place when the park lights went out. We quickly learned we weren’t alone. More than 50 million people lost power in Ontario and the northeastern U.S. in what remains the largest power outage in North American history. The cause – a heat wave spiked demand at an electrical utility in Ohio causing power lines to sag into trees. The lights were back on in about 30 hours. 2018: Some might remember …