Blackout probe points to failure in Cleveland area
With power finally restored, meanwhile, life was returning to normal in cities across the region yesterday, though there were lingering reminders: garbage cans overflowing with spoiled food, continuing water-boil warnings and the flood of questions asking how could it happen.
Michehl Gent, head of the North American Electric Reliability Council, suggested human error might have been the reason the problems were not isolated before they knocked out power from Michigan to Ontario to New York.
