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Power outage turns South Florida dark
Miami Herald ^ | February 26, 2008

Posted on 02/26/2008 10:37:27 AM PST by Fawn

Florida Power & Light is reporting massive power outages throughout South Florida, including Miami, Doral, Westchester, and Pembroke Pines. Reports of outages extended into Palm Beach, an FPL spokeswoman said.

The company said it was investigating the problem.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: energy; miami; outage; southflorida; wtc93anniversary
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To: b4its2late

Its clintonista!


121 posted on 02/26/2008 11:56:40 AM PST by JustPiper (If you do not stand behind our Troops~ Then you need to stand in FRONT of our Troops)
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To: txflake

A scram is an emergency shut-down, isn’t it? They don’t schedule those....I don’t think, anyway.


122 posted on 02/26/2008 11:56:45 AM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: domenad

“Hope it spreads to Tampa because man do I want to go home right now.”

It has spread to Tampa, as I found out when I got back from my lunch hour. In some places it’s not back yet.


123 posted on 02/26/2008 11:58:22 AM PST by Old Grumpy
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To: ExSoldier
A thread on the airport incident....

Police arrest traveler who fled from security screeners at Miami International Airport

124 posted on 02/26/2008 11:58:34 AM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: Joe Brower

Power is on here north of Orlando. With a storm headed our way this afternoon, I am keeping my coleman lamps and battery operated radios nearby.


125 posted on 02/26/2008 11:58:48 AM PST by sheikdetailfeather (DEMOCRATS-POLITICIZING THE SAFETY OF AMERICA 24/7)
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To: NautiNurse

..Green Governor Crist.

ROFL! how are you?


126 posted on 02/26/2008 11:58:49 AM PST by 4integrity
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To: NonValueAdded

The lines from Georgia run the whole length of the state.


127 posted on 02/26/2008 11:59:25 AM PST by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: mewzilla

Yes a SCRAM is an emergency shutdown, either automatic or man made. From what I just heard both reactors scrammed, and are not in power supplying mode. They are in a holding mode, but it will take a few hours to bring them back up to power.


128 posted on 02/26/2008 12:00:25 PM PST by BladeLWS
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To: ExSoldier

THanks for the scuttlebutt! Very interesting.... can’t wait to hear what we will be ‘told’.


129 posted on 02/26/2008 12:01:06 PM PST by Fawn
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To: a real Sheila

how about HillaryOut?


130 posted on 02/26/2008 12:02:17 PM PST by JustPiper (If you do not stand behind our Troops~ Then you need to stand in FRONT of our Troops)
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To: Fawn

hmmmmm, anyone heard from the Governor of Florida??
we do have one, don’t we??


131 posted on 02/26/2008 12:02:44 PM PST by 4integrity
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To: MindBender26

Ping to # 118


132 posted on 02/26/2008 12:02:45 PM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: 4integrity

GOod question.....Jeb would of made a statement and been on the air consistently.....


133 posted on 02/26/2008 12:03:38 PM PST by Fawn
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To: BladeLWS
Thanks!

Good news from this Miami TV link....

Massive Power Outages Reported Across South Florida

....power restored in 10 hours or so they think.

134 posted on 02/26/2008 12:03:41 PM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: Fawn

I’ve still got power-3 miles east of downtown Tampa.Where abouts in Tampa Bay is power out?


135 posted on 02/26/2008 12:04:04 PM PST by Thombo2
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To: BladeLWS

Many reactors take days to bring up, not hours.


136 posted on 02/26/2008 12:06:42 PM PST by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurtureā„¢)
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To: ExSoldier

Getting something on the local news now about a transformer having “problems”...which in turn made the nuke plants shut down, which brought about the domino effect.

Interesting.


137 posted on 02/26/2008 12:06:42 PM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: Fawn

“I would love to live on Sanibel”

Me too...we in Cleveland have been promised another 6 to 8 inches of snow tonight.

I have a boat and live 20 miles east of Cleveland. Global warming can’t come soon enough!


138 posted on 02/26/2008 12:07:15 PM PST by mr_hammer (Checking the breeze and barking at things that go bump in the night...stupid dog?)
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To: All

Awww crap, I take Metro-Rail and Tri-rail home. Even though the Tri-rail trains are self powered, the crossing signals are not. 10 hours? I gotta find a way home..


139 posted on 02/26/2008 12:07:19 PM PST by Paradox (Politics: The art of convincing the populace that your delusions are superior to others.)
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To: mewzilla

Are they homegrown terrorists?


140 posted on 02/26/2008 12:07:42 PM PST by JustPiper (If you do not stand behind our Troops~ Then you need to stand in FRONT of our Troops)
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