Types_of_power   outages  &  List_of_power_outages http://theboweryboys.blogspot.ca/2012/07/blackout-77-still-frightening-thirty.html It would be nice if some day almost every  house  & most buildings in general, would have their own  solar -electric power generator unit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003 , http://www.globalsecurity.org/eye/blackout_2003.htm , http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/15/nyregion/blackout-2003-overview-power-surge-blacks-northeast-hitting-cities-8-states.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm , http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=2003-blackout-five-years-later , http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2008/08/august-14-2003/ , http://www.ieso.ca/imoweb/emergencyprep/blackout2003/default.asp , www.cbsnews.com/2100-201_162-568422.html ,  http://knowledge.allianz.com/energy/?697/blackouts , http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/08/14/are-we-still-vulnerable-nine-years-after-northeast-blackout/ If almost every  home