The SanFransisco Chronicle [1] is reporting another power problem out at LAX:
(04-21) 17:33 PDT LOS ANGELES (AP) —
Los Angeles International Airport suffered its third power outage in 10 days Wednesday when a bird landing on a power line forced the airport to switch to a backup energy supply, officials said.
No lights went out at the airport and no flights were delayed, though Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Donn Walker said the control tower was temporarily disconnected from the power grid as a precaution.
The 10-second outage at 5:53 a.m. came less than two weeks after another bird landing on the same line caused a blackout at the airport that delayed flights for up to 11/2 hours. “
Captain Ed points out this morning [2] that if a crow can bring down the grid feeding that place, that a terrorist might have a fair shot at it as well…
Someone, apparently, hasn’t gotten the mesage, yet.