Blackout in Brazil

[rgcraig]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091111/...l_blackouts_32

The blackout that began late Tuesday has prompted questions about the robustness of Brazil's energy grid, just weeks after the nation won the right to host the 2016 Olympic Games.


RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's president fended off criticism of his nation's shaky power grid Wednesday as officials investigated a blackout that plunged as many as 60 million people into darkness, prompting concerns about the country's preparedness to host the 2016 Olympic Games.

[Sister Alvear]

It will be dangerous for the Olympics to be here...however...