Bringing the grid back from such a complete blackout can take hours to days, as sections of the grid are reconnected after a cascade scenario as seen with the 2003 blackout, or the rather similar ...

But in the video below the break, [Grady] of Practical Engineering breaks down the Northeast Blackout of 2003, the largest power failure ever experienced in North America. Power was out for days ...

harkens the infamous blackout that bathed a giant portion of the northeastern United States and part of Canada on Aug. 14, 2003. About 50 million people were affected. One side note for Northeast ...