Major power surge in NY? (Blackout is in NYC, Detroit, Ottawa and Toronto, per Fox News)

8-14-03 | Joe Hadenuf

[Joe Hadenuf]

Hannity station went dead for about 20 seconds. Said he had never seen anything like it.

[Dan from Michigan]

Oakland County is in the dark completely I believe. Northville and Farmington and the Bloomfields are down, and Oakland County declared a state of emergency.

[lizma]

I started carrying a small flashlight in my purse. It's come in handy a few times.

[ninenot]

Will somebody tell FOXNEWS that their sound level is off by half?

Some poor slob is trying to find diesel fuel for the OTHER standby generator. Will have to drive to Virginia to get it..

[af_vet_rr]

I'm not trying to "scare" or "panic" anyone. I'm stating a simple fact; I don't for one minute buy that this is just a "hiccup".

Period.

After 9/11, I have good reason, too.

I don't buy it either that this is just a "hiccup".

Before 9/11, we have never had power outtages in this country, especially in New York.

Oh wait, we have, nevermind.

[meyer]

Bloomberg: The boiler shutdown procedures result in thick black smoke.

Con Ed ought to fire the mayor as their spokesman. Boiler shutdown may result in the release of a great amount of steam - a transformer filled with oil will produce thick black smoke.

[HBAR223]

Fox says power out in Cincinnati? Power on here in Deer Park. Nothing mentioned on WLW.

[davidosborne]

...BTTT!

[null and void]

First time user of freerepublic. w/ info this quick...I think I'm hooked now :) much thanks.

You were warned it's addictive.

Welcome to FR!

[Dog]

Hillary is on !!!

[Peach]

Hillary on CNN: Once we get the power back on we're going to have to figure out why the provisions made so ensure this doesn't happen again has happened.

It's her understanding that it absolutely isn't terrorism. (from the voice of truth)

[prairiebreeze]

Poser and his 000's, BagCam, This Old Bunker. sigh

Prairie

[rs79bm]

Well this is a minor inconvenience for me. My power has been erratic all afternoon. First, we had a scheduled outage this morning around 6:00am. Now, it has been going off and on all afternoon. What a bummer. Let's hope they get this fixed. Supposedly it was an overflow, but who knows, people were supposed to be targeting "power plants", right? Let's hope this is just a coincedence.

[Thisiswhoweare]

"Be Prepared. Terrorism or not."

Concur...I used to live in Charleston, SC...Hurricane Hugo goes a long way to straightening out your concept of how resilient our infrastructure is. I would say 3 days is low...

[doug from upland]

cuz I blew the butt out of my old cheap bathing suit on the water slide last month
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You are sharing far too much information with us. :)

[Right_in_Virginia]

President Bush tried to tell them when he first came to office that our grid system was in trouble. They voted it down..

President Bush DID tell them our grid system was antiquated, on perpetual overload and primed for collapse. And, he offered a plan to fix it.

The liberal elites heard what the President said...but wanted Congressional hearings to uncover WHO told him this unspeakable truth---not Congressional action to prevent what's happened tonight!!!

[swheats]

I was thinking earlier if this had to happen, thank God it was during the day, at least folks travelling on public transportation can have a fighting chance of protecting themselves.

[Frank_Discussion]

While I'm not as jumpy as Huckleberry, he's got a point: Let's be a little more realistic. I'm hoping for human error, and that the islamofascists stay home tonight. BUT. Bloomie and the media are always - ALWAYS - far too quick to rule out terrorism.

In current times, terrorism has to remain a consideration, until it is proven that it is not. And as it's been asked - what caused this to happen? That is different from knowing the location of the initial event.

[DollyCali]

Hi Fled.. .today isn't over yet. might match huh?

Where is Poser to get his millinium additions?

[Petronski]

I'm hardly freaking out, friend. I'm just disgusted at this blatant decietfulness.

I want them to lie about terrorism. Assume for a moment the government knows for a certainty right now that this is a terrorist act. Why give the terrorists credit? Credit is what they want, why give it? I say F them. Call "no joy" and just deny they had anything to do with it.

All of this is assuming ad argumentum that it is known to be terrorist act.

[JillianMSU]

Thanks, my mom works field service for Detroit Edison...I'm sure she has a long night ahead of her