FLASHBACK: U.S. Woefully Unprepared for a Blackout Like India’s: Analysis.

Last week, India suffered two huge blackouts. Tuesday’s cut power to 370 million people; another one on Wednesday blacked out 670 million people, making it the worst blackout in the history of humanity.

Talking about this with a colleague, I said, “Don’t worry. That can’t happen here.” “Why not?” she asked. “Because we don’t have 670 million people,” I replied.

This wasn’t the comfort she was looking for.

Sadly, things aren’t much better now.