In Before the Johnny from Airplane! pic.
NO one here was surprised. You’d have to understand how completely INCOMPETENT Entergy La is. We waited 8 days after Issac for power- while convoys of repair trucks sat idle waiting for instructions. We BROILED in 90+ degrees,lost all our food and complained. Other areas served by Cleco etc were back in service in a couple of days. Entergy + N.O. lazy maintenance led to this. My question is- since Mercedes Benz now underwrites the Dome-why didn’t that company make sure it was in 100% working order,complete check of everything. They can certainly afford it.
Can’t help but think of Nicolae Ceausescu and the constant power outages throughout the 1980s in Romania.
The cynical side of me says that the NFL sanctioned the partial and temporary sabatoge because it looked like a runaway game almost from the git go. They were probably afraid many on the East Coast would shut it off and get some sleep before work on Monday morning. Bud and Coke won’t pay full price for that.
Gotta keep those eyes on the tube to see the advertisements in order to collect the ad revenue.
Nothing will come of this ‘investigation’. It will be dropped and people will forget. Sandy Hook, Benghazi, the slain Navy Seals are but a memory already...
So let me get this straight there is an investigation on a blackout - which for my part should happen during half-time. Yet no investigation on BENGHAZI.
I think it was the spirit of Dandy Don singing ‘Turn out the lights, the party’s over.’
Only in the chocolat city.
The Superdome probably uses a ‘smart-meter’
Anyone who's worked in a warehouse/shop area knows that if you turn out the highbay lights, even for a moment, it'll be 20 minutes before they'll come back on. The bulbs have to cool off before they'll restart. That's one reason they're probably not installed in newer buildings.
I'll vouch for that. I live in Conroe and I didn't lose power.
THEORIES:
# 1 - A backfeed from auxilliary generators from the halftime show.
# 2 - A cyberterrorism hack of the grid.
# 2A - caused by Anonymous. Motive-hurt the team from California (whose sidelines were the dimmest) in revenge for SOPA. It backfired.
# 2B - caused by the AQ. Not likely because there were no simultaneous attacks elsewhere, which is AQ’s preferred M.O.
# 2C - caused by the Chicoms. Motive-a warning shot.
# 2D - caused by DHS to generate fear and anxiety and make the case for more TSA type security anywhere and everywhere.