Posted on 09/18/2014 6:55:09 AM PDT by shove_it
Full headline: Blackout: Power Goes Off During House Climate Hearing with Obama Science Czar John Holdren — Lights blink on and off and stay off for almost a minute
Washington D.C.- A total blackout of a House Science committee occurred during a House Hearing on Climate Change and the EPA’s power plans. The lights went out and the room was plunged into total darkness at 10:23 AM in the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing was titled: Full Committee Hearing – “The Administration’s Climate Plan: Failure by Design” - 2318 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, D.C. 20515 | Sep 17, 2014 10:00am The lights continued to blink off and on and then stayed off for nearly one minute. Everyone remained seated and the dark room descended into a quiet chatter among the crowd as they waited for power to be restored. Climate Depot was in attendance and provides these exclusive photos and video of the House climate and power hearing as it was plunged into involuntary darkness.
Photos & Video here ...
The irony of a climate and energy hearing being plunged into darkness was made even more ironic by the fact that Holdren has warned that the U.S. is ‘threatened” by what he termed “the hazards of too much energy, too soon.” Obama EPA’s Real Motive?! Flashback 1975: Obama Science Czar John Holdren warned U.S. ‘threatened’ by ‘the hazards of too much energy’...
(Excerpt) Read more at climatedepot.com ...
Having lived around the Arlington/DC area for 3.5 years...I can say that power disruptions were a common episode during the summer and fall of each year. Storms would occur, and the power grid just wasn’t built to handle the amount of requirements existing in the area.
Transformers overheat? (No, not transgenders) :>}
The irony of this event will be lost on the greenie weenies.
ping
These nincompoops don’t even have back up power generation for their own digs?
No wonder the nation is plunging into third-world territory.
I know sad. Algore with his 40 room mansion and fleet of temperature controlled SUV’s has not woke them up yet. Nothing ever will.
Karma will bite you in the you know what.
BTTT
Coming soon to a neighborhood near you as more coal-burning power plants shut down.
It’s been noted that the invention of air conditioning represents the single biggest threat to individual liberty as it allows Congress to remain in session during the oppressive summer months in DC.
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