at approximately 6:45 am Central Time, Hubby and I saw Peter Jennings more or less mumbling that there was a small blackout in New Zealand, but they got it right back on again, so it was nothing to worry about. Saw no other mention of it. Even when Koskinen gave his next update, he said no problems in New Zealand or Australia. Anybody seen anything about this?

-- dotti (WineTopper@aol.com), December 31, 1999

Answers

It was caused by high winds, try watching another tv station.

-- Cherri (sams@brigadoon.com), December 31, 1999.

Check it out for yourself. http://www.watchnz.govt.nz/home/Navigationpage.htm Click "Incident Database & Search" on the left side bar then click on "Full Incident Details"

Loss of power water plant. Suspected cause is strong winds.

-- Cherri (sams@brigadoon.com), December 31, 1999.

Link

-- Uncle Bob (UNCLB0B@AOL.COM), December 31, 1999.

Don't think so. Weather report said 23 mph winds. I reeeeeeaaally don't think that would do it.

-- dizzy (spinning@y2kspin.com), December 31, 1999.