I may be totally wrong but I always thought the problem was with the grid itself. Like there wluld be enough energy captired by all that connected wiring to generate a power surge withough the transformers and power plants.What you're describing appears to be about disconnecting the transformers from the grid, to prevent a power surge from racing through and frying everyone's equipment. But based on the article (or at least my understanding of it), the transformers themselves are still vulnerable:
I was wondering how that could be seeing how it's a small inner planet.I have no recollection of this event
It goes up, not down.Does the urine circulate in the other direction in the Southern hemisphere?