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Major power surge in NY? (Blackout is in NYC, Detroit, Ottawa and Toronto, per Fox News)
8-14-03 | Joe Hadenuf

Posted on 08/14/2003 1:14:13 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf

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


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To: Momaw Nadon
Well, after the French surrendered to the sun yesterday, it's been acting funny...
1,941 posted on 08/14/2003 5:15:59 PM PDT by Chad Fairbanks (The wages of sin are death, but by the time FICA and SSI are taken, it's just sorta tired feeling)
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To: Fledermaus
Cleveland announced curfew at 9 pm.

Don't trust their own people huh?

1,942 posted on 08/14/2003 5:16:11 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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To: Shermy
True ----the media would really hate to report that Americans stay calm and can endure this type of thing with few problems. They make more news and money if they can report otherwise.
1,943 posted on 08/14/2003 5:16:15 PM PDT by FITZ
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To: Chad Fairbanks
Flying frozen Butterball.
1,944 posted on 08/14/2003 5:16:16 PM PDT by mewzilla
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To: Rome2000
Mr Crabs knew!
1,945 posted on 08/14/2003 5:16:26 PM PDT by lelio
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To: jwalsh07
Well, the actual due date from today would be May 6th. (38 weeks from conception date)
1,946 posted on 08/14/2003 5:16:34 PM PDT by GOPrincess
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To: turbocat
Here is the exact report on 1977.

http://blackout.gmu.edu/archive/pdf/ny_state_77.pdf

see pages 3-12 of pdf doc (not footer page numbers). It details the exact sequence from first lightning stroke, failure of grounding, to collapse.

I do NOT, repeat NOT, say that this IS what happened here, just that

(a) it is quite plausibele, and

(b) it will take a full technical workup like this report to know for sure.

1,947 posted on 08/14/2003 5:16:35 PM PDT by BohDaThone
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To: FITZ
It's them darn "city" people!

1,948 posted on 08/14/2003 5:16:53 PM PDT by Danette (Bush 2004)
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To: Republican Red
I hope he just issues a statement read by the press secretary and not do an "announcement" alone or even worse, in front of the press.

1,949 posted on 08/14/2003 5:17:17 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Democrats have stunted brain development!)
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To: prairiebreeze
Don't know... but it usually takes convective storms to cause cloud to ground lightning strikes. Something is fishy.
1,950 posted on 08/14/2003 5:17:48 PM PDT by Tuxedo (In Stereo Where Available)
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To: Chad Fairbanks
Bush to make statement to reporters in 13 minutes. It won't be telecast live (don't know why, maybe not enough time??) but certainly will be taped. He will speak to small group of reporters.

Prairie
1,951 posted on 08/14/2003 5:17:56 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (Middle East terrorists to the world: " We don't want no STINKING PEACE!!")
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To: Fledermaus
Why? Bush has done a great job at inpromtu speeches.
1,952 posted on 08/14/2003 5:18:08 PM PDT by Monty22
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To: Fledermaus
"...comments before a small group of reporters outside his hotel in San Diego..."
1,953 posted on 08/14/2003 5:18:17 PM PDT by Petronski (I'm not always cranky.)
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To: prairiebreeze; swarthyguy
Hmmm. A strike other than lightening perhaps?

Near Buffalo...Lackawanna jihadis?

1,954 posted on 08/14/2003 5:18:18 PM PDT by Shermy (Stirring the pot...)
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To: BohDaThone
plausible, not plausibele!
1,955 posted on 08/14/2003 5:18:27 PM PDT by BohDaThone
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To: Joe Hadenuf
They elected kuchinich do you think they should be trusted.
1,956 posted on 08/14/2003 5:18:28 PM PDT by CONSERVE
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To: Joe Hadenuf
It's a smart precaution. I know it can't be enforced, but it helps.

1,957 posted on 08/14/2003 5:18:40 PM PDT by Fledermaus (Democrats have stunted brain development!)
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To: Danette
And some of us non-city people are completely amazed when we discover city people are more hardy and durable than we like to stereotype them as being --- I keep waiting to read of some total disaster type rioting ..... but no word so far on anything like that.
1,958 posted on 08/14/2003 5:18:58 PM PDT by FITZ
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To: mewzilla
LOL, yes that one and Tom Jones singing "It's Not Unusual".
1,959 posted on 08/14/2003 5:19:01 PM PDT by Velveeta
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To: Joe Hadenuf
It's Skynet taking over. First computer viruses, then power outages.
1,960 posted on 08/14/2003 5:19:05 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
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