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Subject: Re: Post-quake discriminately blackout in Kanto region, Japan
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:29:29 -0700 (PDT)
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RoshTheWalker <genusecsa@gmail.com> wrote:

> (2)This blackout is very selectively applied without any explanation.
> For example if I walk for about 30 minutes from here, I will be in a
> blackout exempted zone.

Right; it's called a "rolling blackout", because they're trying to make
up for a drop in about 30% in the capacity for that region.

However, at another time, the "exempted region" will have a black out.

Mike