Re:Summary of the Amazon DynamoDB Service Disruption in US-E...
by habinero on Thursday October 23, 2025 @10:18PM
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The power grid absolutely can fail catastrophically and is a lot more fragile than people think.
Texas nearly ran into this during their blackout a few years ago -- their grid got within a few minutes of complete failure that would have required a black start which IIRC has never been done.
Grady has a good explanation and the writeup is interesting reading too.
Texas nearly ran into this during their blackout a few years ago -- their grid got within a few minutes of complete failure that would have required a black start which IIRC has never been done.
Grady has a good explanation and the writeup is interesting reading too.
https://youtu.be/08mwXICY4JM?si=Lmg_9UoDjQszRnMw
https://youtu.be/uOSnQM1Zu4w?si=-v6-Li7PhGHN64LB