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SOUTHERN CO. SAYS PARTS OF DOWNTOWN ATLANTA BLACKED OUT
Bloomberg Terminal | 13:09 10/07/03

Posted on 10/07/2003 10:29:25 AM PDT by max_rpf

No more details, now saying that power out for 15min and they are restoring it as we speak.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: blackout
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1 posted on 10/07/2003 10:29:25 AM PDT by max_rpf
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To: max_rpf
It's Bush's fault! (Someone had to be first.)
2 posted on 10/07/2003 10:30:27 AM PDT by NativeNewYorker (Freepin' Jew Boy)
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To: NativeNewYorker
It's deregulation's fault!

Somebody had to be first. :)

3 posted on 10/07/2003 10:32:18 AM PDT by Solson (Our work is the presentation of our capabilities. - Von Goethe)
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To: max_rpf
Any FReepers there that can verify that their power is out?
4 posted on 10/07/2003 10:32:21 AM PDT by steveo (There. There wolf.)
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5 posted on 10/07/2003 10:33:26 AM PDT by Support Free Republic (Your support keeps Free Republic going strong!)
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To: steveo
Uh, think about that for a moment...
6 posted on 10/07/2003 10:33:27 AM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: steveo
Any FReepers there that can verify that their power is out?

Not if their power is out, they can't. ;^)

7 posted on 10/07/2003 10:33:30 AM PDT by Constitution Day (Eschew exclamatory abuse.)
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To: max_rpf
We lose power for 15 minutes or more a good 4 times a year here in my little city (part of Phoenix metro)
8 posted on 10/07/2003 10:33:42 AM PDT by riri
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To: Diddle E. Squat
LOL.
9 posted on 10/07/2003 10:33:45 AM PDT by Constitution Day (Eschew exclamatory abuse.)
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To: max_rpf
Atlanta's had a tough week. The Braves go adios, that player on their hockey team dying in the car wreck, and now this.
10 posted on 10/07/2003 10:33:47 AM PDT by strela (Will Tom McClintock have to "make a re$ervation" to pay back all that Indian money?)
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To: Diddle E. Squat
Uh, think about that for a moment...

LOL! "If you can hear me, knock once. If you can't, knock twice..."

11 posted on 10/07/2003 10:34:40 AM PDT by Snowy (Women complain about PMS, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself.)
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To: max_rpf
Looks like FOX News is taking the ratings war to the next level.
12 posted on 10/07/2003 10:35:51 AM PDT by July 4th
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To: max_rpf
It's that damn touch screen voting in California I tell ya...
13 posted on 10/07/2003 10:35:55 AM PDT by finnman69 (!)
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To: Snowy
But what if I knock 3 times on the ceiling?
14 posted on 10/07/2003 10:36:12 AM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: Diddle E. Squat
But what if I knock 3 times on the ceiling?

only if you love me... ;-)

15 posted on 10/07/2003 10:37:19 AM PDT by Snowy (Women complain about PMS, but I think of it as the only time of the month that I can be myself.)
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To: July 4th
Looks like FOX News is taking the ratings war to the next level.

... thereby leaving their competitors 'in the dark' ...

16 posted on 10/07/2003 10:38:27 AM PDT by _Jim (<-- More resources/click on name ... also: Blackout of 2003 --> www.pserc.wisc.edu/Resources.htm)
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To: July 4th
Looks like FOX News is taking the ratings war to the next level.

... leaving their competitors 'powerless' ...

17 posted on 10/07/2003 10:39:47 AM PDT by _Jim (<-- More resources/click on name ... also: Blackout of 2003 --> www.pserc.wisc.edu/Resources.htm)
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To: max_rpf
My wife is at Marietta & Walton Sts. (about a block and a half from CNN Center/Centennial Park) and her power is fine. The power at her boss's office (230 Peachtree St.) is out though.

No word here as to the extent of the outage or the cause.

18 posted on 10/07/2003 10:40:00 AM PDT by mhking (When it rains it pours: I'm looking for a job again -- any offers or help: mhking@bellsouth.net)
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To: max_rpf
don't worry about the infrastructure... throw the money at education... it's for the children


19 posted on 10/07/2003 10:40:38 AM PDT by InvisibleChurch ("...other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play?")
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To: July 4th
Looks like FOX News is taking the ratings war to the next level.

... and overshadowing their former competitors former lone spot in the light ...

20 posted on 10/07/2003 10:41:23 AM PDT by _Jim (<-- More resources/click on name ... also: Blackout of 2003 --> www.pserc.wisc.edu/Resources.htm)
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