Obama vacation island hit by major blackout

Reuters ^ | Dec. 27, 2008 | Ross Colvin

[FocusNexus]

HONOLULU (Reuters) - The resort and much of the island of Oahu where President-elect Barack Obama is vacationing was hit by a major blackout on Friday evening but it was not immediately clear if his compound had a backup source of electricity.

[FocusNexus]

That's all there is, no word on whether or not power had been restored or the cause of the blackout.

[SIDENET]

BUSH’S FAULT.

[Vicki]

Finally some good news.

[the invisib1e hand]

Is this the big thing Biden was yapping about?

[DieHard the Hunter]

> Obama vacation island hit by major blackout

BEAVIS: Uh-huh. Uh-huh-huh. Uh-huh. Huh.

BUTTHEAD: Heh heh heh. Uh...what’s so funny?

BEAVIS: Uh-huh-huh. Huh. He said “Blackout”. Huh-huh.

BUTTHEAD: Heh heh heh. Oh. Heh heh. Oh yeah. Heh.

[Loyalist]

It was not immediately clear if his compound had a backup source of electricity.

Could not The One simply say, "Let there be light"?

[blackbart.223]

"The resort and much of the island of Oahu where President-elect Barack Obama is vacationing was hit by a major blackout

That is what is going to happen to us if he gets his way.

[LdSentinal]

Maybe the island got sucked into a Black Hole.

Or it got hit by a tsunami.

[blackbart.223]

"Could not The One simply say, "Let there be light"?

Snake oil only goes so far.

[xp38]

the overture of things to come

[txhurl]

Is Obama going to move Camp David to Hawaii?

[LeoWindhorse]

confirmed : ALL HNL stations off the air at this time

[TruthWillWin]

It needs to be dark to replace the BC on file.

[TheCipher]

Maybe the island got sucked into a Black Hole. Or it got hit by a tsunami.

Or the security system went down in the Department of Health records office.

[blackbart.223]

"The overture of things to come."

Sad but true.

[LdSentinal]

confirmed : ALL HNL stations off the air at this time

Looks like they're forging Obama's birth certificate.

[Theresawithanh]

A blackout, you say!

He and Michelle prolly both had their makeup mirrors plugged in, admiring themselves.

[LeoWindhorse]

http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20081226/BREAKING01/81226054/1352

[shibumi]

OK, I’m ready for the cries of “overly suspicious”, “paranoid”, “tinfoil hat” etc.....

But my first thought was “What is he doing that he wants there to be no chance of anyone witnessing or recording?”

[Allegra]

Could not The One simply say, "Let there be light"?

*snicker*

[Technical Editor]

And I’m thinking that the CIA and FBI are doing their thing to save the country by doing what THEY need to do under cover of darkness.

[txhurl]

A Hawaiian Electric Co. employee said a lightning strike surged the system

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What a perfect metaphor for the whole 0’s effect on our political system.

[fella]

His personal SS unit must have been flip, freaking out.

[Question_Assumptions]

There is an action thriller plot in there somewhere...

[Question_Assumptions]

There is an action thriller plot in there somewhere...

[vox_freedom]

Hillary did it.

[2111USMC]

GMTA!

[Dr.Zoidberg]

"Could not The One simply say, "Let there be light"?

Snake oil only goes so far.

The presumptive POS in Chief has enough to fuel a bank of diesel generators for centuries, he just needs to stick a finger in each fuel tank.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

In the tawdry sitcom we’re living in, we’ll probably live through many more self-writing episodes like this one.

[Fichori]

Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops. Luke 12:3

[Clairity]

“And I’m thinking that the CIA and FBI are doing their thing to save the country by doing what THEY need to do under cover of darkness.”

Destroying Obama’s original BC so nobody will ever know he wasn’t born in Hawaii, to avert a constitutional crisis?

[Doctor Raoul]

How could this be? Obama IS the lightgiver!

[smokingfrog]

Must have been a windless, cloudy day.

[TruthWillWin]

LOL. Had to look that one up.

[SaxxonWoods]

Aye, it’s an omen I tell ye, and an evil one at that.

[blueplum]

A Hawaiian Electric Co. employee said a lightning strike surged the system

God speaks.

[Clairity]

Thanks for the link — I searched Google News, but they didn’t have any additional updates, no link to tha HA, it seems they aren’t checking the Honolulu Advertiser.

Finally they picked up another article in TIME Magazine, but your article had more info.

FWIW:

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1868825,00.html

[Bender]

Well, Obamalamadingdong has been pretty much in the dark his whole life, so seems appropriate to me!

[LeoWindhorse]

yea, I’m kind of surprised . If HNL is power out , how did they update and post to their server , which is assumably
based locally ? Wild weather here the lest few days . Snow on the mts.

[seastay]

Just off the phone from somebody who arrived at the airport an hour ago. The plane was held on the runway , they finally just let them off but the terminal is dark, non stop warning sirens could be heard in the background.

[Clairity]

The Time Mag articles says that one power plant is still operating.

“One power plant continued to operate and parts of the island�s western sector continued to have electricity. The compound where the Obamas are residing in an $11 million home is reported to have a power generator. But the rest of the island, including the state capital Honolulu, was plunged into darkness and confusion. “

[Global2010]

For the price to rent those digs it SHOULD have a back up generator big enough to handle the fridge/wash/oven and lights.

[null and void]

How could this be? Obama IS the lightgiver!

The Angel of Light...

Lucifer.

[toldyou]

LOL!

[lewislynn]

The crumbling infrastructure...how timely.

[ResponseAbility]

A Hawaiian Electric Co. employee said a lightning strike surged the system

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What a perfect metaphor for the whole 0’s effect on our political system.

This is also strange because Barack(baraq) in Hebrew means Lightning. Luke 10:18 Jesus says “I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. In the original Hebrew Jesus, being a Rabbi would have said it like this...”Satan baraq o bama”.

[Global2010]

Hmmm Or the real mc coy was sending a message from the Heavens above.

[MrCFdovnh]

What a headline.

[maggief]

“Obama vacation island hit by major blackout”

That’s racist!

[anymouse]

Wasn't going to go there, but ...

Amateurs throw shoes. ;)

"Damn, I missed!"