Bruce Sterling blogs: "MySpace goes down with all hands. Just a harbinger. A big one. New York City, Saint Louis, California: heat blackouts. The transmission was never designed for loads so severe. It's the same thing all over the world, folks. It's getting worse fast, and there's no place to hide from it."
Reader comment: Derek Dohler of Washington University in St. Louis says, "This is a minor point, but the St. Louis blackouts were caused by an intense thunderstorm, rather than excessive heat. It's arguable (and probable) that the thunderstorm itself was caused by several days of high temperatures, but it wasn't a direct "heat blackout" as implied."
