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.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Ya know, if this is not terrorism related, it is a good test of emergency reactions. EXTREMELY costly, but a good test. Will out lots of vulnerabilities to be patched, and weaknesses to be replaced, such as apparently the entire mgmt. of Con Edison.

[null and void]

You're kidding.

Nope. Car batteries...

[Joe Hadenuf]

Yeah, were waiting for that.....Could get interesting....

[radiohead]

This is the best flash mob ever!

LOL! Pretty funny.

[July 4th]

Canadians!

Anyone remember this movie??

[FairOpinion]

"Who reported that a terrorist attack hasn't been ruled out?"

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CNN said they talked to some homeland security official, who said, that they don't think it's a terrorist attack, because they didn't get a warning, but they didn't rule it out, but not to worry. Very helpful! (/sarcasm)

[Conspiracy Guy]

The grids are all entertwined nowdays. Everyone sells power and buys power from everyone else. A problem can move all over the place.

[joanil]

I think its, Gort: 'Klattu Barada Nikto'

[Helix]

Do you know if Ann Arbor/Detroit are on the same grid as NYC? Or are they allinterconnected? It looks like they are on two different grids on this map.

[MEG33]

I'll cross my fingers for you. I hate it when the power goes out.

[FReepaholic]

>>...You're the first person I've seen mention it....<<

Actually, GSWarrior mentioned it.

[BlessedByLiberty]

Shhh...you spilled the beans!

[Conservative4Ever]

yeah, watching on Fox here at the office. Yowser!! My God, but what a sea of humanity. Thank you God for allowing me to live in the country. We may have to deal with brush fires and El Nino at times, but it is nothing like this.

Red

[canyon]

Speculation on WWJ Radio(Detroit) suggested it may have started in Niagara Falls

It amazes me how in all situations WWJ is still on.

[Fledermaus]

OH NO. I hope all those people forced out onto the streets because of the power outage don't, gasp, start smoking!

[Timesink]

As always. What is it, another two hours to nightfall?

Two to three hours as I post this at 5:41pm EDT.

[Rome2000]

After 1977 they were supposed to have fixed the grid so their was no way this could happen again.

You are damn right when you say this is fishy, there was an explosion or fire in a Con Ed plant and that alone is sufficent to cause this?

Of course, the denials of terrorism by the likes of the RINO SOB Bloomberg without having any idea what caused the fire and/or explosion are an insult to the intelligence.

[floriduh voter]

A caller to Hannity just mentioned a "small plane crash". Hannity cut him off or put him on hold or something. Anybody know about a plane crash?

[Snowy]

I _told_ you all that Y2K would cause blackouts! Who's laughing now?

True story. In a local paper, a woman had ALL OF HER TEETH PULLED OUT before Y2K because she was afraid that there wouldn't be any dentists.(!?)