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Power cut off in wide areas of Tokyo
Yahoo News & AP ^ | 8-13-2006

Posted on 08/13/2006 5:00:33 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache

TOKYO - A power outage hit wide swaths of Tokyo and nearby Chiba early Monday, halting train service in some areas, news reports said.

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TOPICS: Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 9am; blackout; energy; godzilla; isitterrorism; monday; outage; rushhour; tokyo
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1 posted on 08/13/2006 5:00:33 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
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To: My Favorite Headache

Hmm. Following a problem in a nuke plant earlier this week.


2 posted on 08/13/2006 5:01:37 PM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the law of the excluded middle)
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To: My Favorite Headache

Okay, who unplugged their computer?


3 posted on 08/13/2006 5:03:19 PM PDT by Tall_Texan (I wish a political party would come along that thinks like I do.)
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4 posted on 08/13/2006 5:03:27 PM PDT by Michael Goldsberry (Lt. Bruce C. Fryar USN 01-02-70 Laos)
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To: My Favorite Headache
Is Godzilla Back??????


5 posted on 08/13/2006 5:03:40 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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To: My Favorite Headache

Can I ask a question ...what time is it in Tokyo?


6 posted on 08/13/2006 5:03:55 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Dog

9:04 AM in Tokyo.


7 posted on 08/13/2006 5:04:28 PM PDT by HitmanLV ("If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking until you do succeed." - Jerry 'Curly' Howard)
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To: HitmanLV

Thank you.


8 posted on 08/13/2006 5:04:54 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Michael Goldsberry

Rodan or MechaGodzilla would have done this. Later on in the movie series, Godzilla became the good guy.


9 posted on 08/13/2006 5:05:03 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (404 Page Error Found)
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To: Dog

No problem!


10 posted on 08/13/2006 5:05:15 PM PDT by HitmanLV ("If at first you don't succeed, keep on sucking until you do succeed." - Jerry 'Curly' Howard)
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To: My Favorite Headache

Fortunately for Japan it's only temporary.

11 posted on 08/13/2006 5:05:24 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: Michael Goldsberry; SandRat
Nope, it was Gamera....


12 posted on 08/13/2006 5:05:53 PM PDT by MikefromOhio (aka MikeinIraq)
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13 posted on 08/13/2006 5:05:59 PM PDT by RandallFlagg (Roll your own cigarettes! You'll save $$$ and smoke less!(Magnetic bumper stickers-click my name)
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14 posted on 08/13/2006 5:06:07 PM PDT by Momaw Nadon ("...with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.")
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To: Dog
Don't they have like 60 Nuclear Reactors in all of Japan.
15 posted on 08/13/2006 5:06:23 PM PDT by cmsgop ( President Mahmud Ahmadinejad Must Purify Himself in The Waters of Lake Minnetonka)
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To: My Favorite Headache

Any time I see the name Chiba - I always think of William Gibson - "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel."


16 posted on 08/13/2006 5:06:56 PM PDT by Tennessee_Bob ("Those who "abjure" violence can only do so because others are committing violence on their behalf.")
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To: Paleo Conservative

I always find that photo a little spooky....look at North Korea...its like its still in the 1800's...


17 posted on 08/13/2006 5:07:11 PM PDT by Dog
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To: My Favorite Headache

All Your Power are Belong to Us.

18 posted on 08/13/2006 5:08:27 PM PDT by socal_parrot (Trying to reason with wildfire season.)
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To: cmsgop

The Japanese Homer Simpson...spilled his morning coffee on a control room control panel and shorted out Tokyo..


19 posted on 08/13/2006 5:09:22 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Michael Goldsberry
LMFAO!!! Read my mind.

BTW, the original 1956 'Gojira' is arriving on special 2-disc DVD set Sept. 5. Contains both the Japanese and Raymond Burr versions for your viewing pleasure.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FA4TLQ/sr=1-2/qid=1155514093/ ref=sr_1_2/103-7988801-1165407?ie=UTF8&s=dvd

20 posted on 08/13/2006 5:09:28 PM PDT by MaestroLC ("Let him who wants peace prepare for war."--Vegetius, A.D. Forth Century)
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