You may be on to something OP. I'm amazed that this occurance has been downplayed despite its scope. This was huge and far-reaching. I've yet to hear a good explanation beyond the equivelent of "Someone tripped over the chord".

If it's that easy to take a major swath of the grid out just like that, I'm suprised we're not dead/mad max by now.

Ironic that this all happened leading up to all the hoopla around 9/11. Seems like an ideal time if you want to test, keep the fear factor high but also want it to go away and not question wtf just happened.