[FairOpinion]

I thought this was a good summary of the situation.

Also it points out that whatever caused it, natural or otherwise, it did bring everything to a screaching halt. I heard on TV that it affected 50 million people and read that it was the largest blackout in our history.

[God luvs America]

Well my lights went back on about 15 minutes ago and I live in Mt Kisco, 40 minutes north of midtown. Everything was very calm when I left my office (I work in White Plains) and the police were right on the mark taking care of traffic.

I'm watching CNN now (we have the dish and the local stations are not yet up). This Wolf Blitzer is a complete jackass; just sitting there whippin up the hysteria. He actually asked a girl how this compared to 9/11...dirtbag!

[navydad]

Earlier the pols were promising it would only be hours till power is restored. How many still believe that? Wait till darkness falls, and the dark side of humanity shows its ugly head. This could get bad, real bad, real quick... And to think, the pols promised us this problem was fixed after the '96 outage. Right!

[nutmeg]

ping

[XRdsRev]

I'm about 16 miles west of the Outerbridge Crossing (Staten Island NY). Everything has been normal here all day, no power outages. The first I heard about it was when my business partner said the Parkway toll plazas were waving everybody through.

[Alberta's Child]

I don't know if this has been mentioned, but Bloomberg left City Hall in New York and began mingling with the crowds of people walking in the area around the Brooklyn Bridge, and he was verbally abused so badly by the crowd that he fled the scene.

[GOPologist]

I live near Hudson, NY., on the shore of the Hudson River, 100 miles north of NYC. Our electrical power went off at 4:14 pm and just came back at 7:25 pm--what a relief.

I experienced an outage similar to this in Nov., 1965.

News just said that the outage today was the result of a lightning bolt striking power transmitters in Niagara, NY. I doubt it.

[Rockitz]

Oh the Huge Manatee!

[MsGail61]

It's affecting Rush's webmaster too. I wanted to hear his show this evening but it hasn't been updated from yesterday.

[ChemistCat]

If the power goes out, it's uncomfortable, but it's almost never an *emergency* unless you're so unprepared, you probably can't be trusted to tie your shoes without government assistance. When signals aren't working, there are traffic rules all licensed drivers are supposed to know.

Even business should be prepared to cope without power now and again. Earthquakes, tornadoes, fire, blizzards, and hurricanes can disrupt business. Preparedness isn't just for the home front.

And: why should a population trusted with the vote need a curfew? All we really need is the Second Amendment.

[yooper]

I'm in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. No problems with power here, though Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario (a mile or so from my house) is under total blackout as of 6:00 pm Eastern.

[joesnuffy]

Drudge Reports
There were NO STORMS in the area reported to have been struck by lightening and starting the blackout
As Canada's Cretin has reported on FOX

[brianl703]

Certainly comforting that they have no idea why all of the cities mentioned (including Chicago and Washington) didn't lose power...

[FairOpinion]

NRC: 9 Nukes (Nuclear Plants) Knocked Off Line by Blackout
Thu August 14, 2003 07:20 PM ET

http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=3281671

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Thursday said nine nuclear reactors in four U.S. states were shut following a massive blackout that hit the Northeast United States and Canada.
"At this point, we have nine reactors that are offline. And there is no timeline as to when these will return to service," NRC spokesman Scott Burnell said.

Burnell said the reactors are in New York, New Jersey, Ohio and Michigan.

[Chi-townChief]

I talked to my father in Cleveland-east suburbs and his power has been back for about two hours after being out for four. From what he could see, it's pretty spotty throughout the area.

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[1Old Pro]

Can anyone tell me what Hillary and Schumer did to prevent this ? (NOTHING)