Power came back up about a half hour ago.
That idiot in the Canadian PM’s slot is claiming that the cause was a lightning strike at Niagara Falls, NY.
Environmental records of the time [1]show no precip in the area. No evidence of lightning at any time today in that entire region [2], in fact.
I get the impression some heads at Environment Canada are going to be rolling to save Jean Chretien wshat little face he has left after Iraq.