Blackout Traced to Ohio Man

Photo Courtesy The Exton Sentinel

8/19/03 Exton, OH -- The huge power outage which left up to 50 million people without electricity in North America last week probably started in the home of a self-proclaimed "ape-man" in Exton, Ohio, industry watchdogs said today. The man, Roger Ellsworth, a graduate of The School of Paleontology at Cambridge and the Dean of Economics at Ohio University from 1968-72, was attempting to replace a breaker in his home's electrical panel at the time of the outage. The United States and Canada have set up a joint taskforce to investigate how the mishap of one consumer may have led to such a widespread failure in the electrical grid, reaching as far north as Canada. Authorities noted that Mr. Ellsworth, who is a founding member of the Order of Originals, an Ohio-based community that attempts to live as cavemen, is not a licensed electrician. It is not yet clear whether charges will be filed, but early estimates put the total damages from the blackout in excess of 1.2 billion dollars. Meanwhile consumers are being urged to conserve electricity as parts of the United States and Canada recover from the worst power cuts in North American history.

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[Vivan Lantry]

The lesson here is that you need to have the know-how before you can actually tinker with technical stuff like your home's circuit breakers. Before you actually attempt something, it's always best to call the experts about your problem.