Posted on 12/27/2008 4:24:12 AM PST by TLI
HONOLULU (Reuters) - The island of Oahu, including the resort where President-elect Barack Obama is vacationing, was hit by a power blackout on Friday, possibly caused by a lightning strike, authorities said.
An electricity company spokesman said the entire 600 square mile (1553 sq km) island, which is home to around 900,000 people, was affected.
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Did this have any effect on the security system where the birth certificates are archived?
good one
LOL.....this thread has lots of promise.
“Interesting. I wonder if there are any hospitals on Oahu that were around in the early Sixties?”
BINGO!!
bang bang out go the lights
It seems that in every article I read concerning Obama and Hawai'i, the writer takes great pains to mention he was "born here." In this article it's mentioned in paragraph 13.
I don't recall journalists making an similar effort to remind readers that George W. was born in Connecticut. I'm trying hard to remember, and nothing, no article or story, comes up. Does anyone else remember?
Am I the only one seeing the "we just wanted to remind you, Obama was born here in Hawai'i" phenomenon in the print media? Am I imagining things?
Nope.
In fact, if you go out on the street and ask folks where George Bush is from most likly they will tell you Texas. Some might even get it as close as Midland. They don't have a clue about Connecticut.
Having been a licensed Electrician in a past life I can tell you that such a system in a hospital would be far down the priority list of systems on the emergency backup power from the generators. All hospitals have them and the power is highly prioritized.
I bet the Governor of ILL wouldn’t send me a generator if there was a blackout.
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