Apparently, the blackout happened because....

[conuly]

...some idiot pressed the big red button you're not supposed to press.

And I think this has happened before. They really need to guard that big red button you're not supposed to press a little better - maybe have alarms go off if it's pressed or something.

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They are putting alarms and anti-tamper devices on them.

Personally I find it rather amusing that this is how it went down :0)