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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: Sunnyflorida
More info here....

Nuclear Plant Shutdown Causes Florida Power Outages

221 posted on 02/26/2008 12:49:30 PM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: SE Mom

sporadic


222 posted on 02/26/2008 12:50:32 PM PST by Sunnyflorida (Drill in the Gulf of Mexico/Anwar & we can join OPEC!!! || Write in Thomas Sowell for President.)
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To: penelopesire

From your link- talk about COMPETENCE!!

~snip~

Federal regulators said they are proposing a $208,000 fine against Florida Power & Light Co. for security violations at the Turkey Point nuclear power plant.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said two violations were for ‘’willfully failing to properly equip’’ armed guards, one was for failing to make a report to the NRC within an hour and the final one was for providing the NRC with incomplete and inaccurate information,” reports the South Florida Business Journal.


223 posted on 02/26/2008 12:50:52 PM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: tiredoflaundry
Steve Harrigan just mentioned how in South Florida, you have all these folks with no licenses,& insurance, driving “junkers”.

No shite Sherlock........

I betcha he gets fired now....

224 posted on 02/26/2008 12:51:30 PM PST by tiredoflaundry (My tagline fell & it can't get up..................)
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To: TampaDude

LOL.. ;-)


225 posted on 02/26/2008 12:52:01 PM PST by tiredoflaundry (My tagline fell & it can't get up..................)
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To: mewzilla

AP!!


226 posted on 02/26/2008 12:52:04 PM PST by Sunnyflorida (Drill in the Gulf of Mexico/Anwar & we can join OPEC!!! || Write in Thomas Sowell for President.)
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To: tiredoflaundry

OMG!! ROFL- I’ve been listening to local only. Just turned on Shep- he is in his element!!!


227 posted on 02/26/2008 12:52:59 PM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: SE Mom

He was “woo hooing” before.....too much....


228 posted on 02/26/2008 12:53:54 PM PST by tiredoflaundry (My tagline fell & it can't get up..................)
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To: tiredoflaundry

I just love Steve Harrigan.


229 posted on 02/26/2008 12:53:56 PM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: mewzilla

Looks like the site I found is a libby site...lol. The link to articles is there though. An interesting link to some dem congress critters trying to shut down the government security contractors in hearings..blah, blah,blah.

Maybe this was staged by the DEMONCRATS in order to bash the republicans and BLAME BUSH. It started in BROWARD COUNTY folks...lol


230 posted on 02/26/2008 12:54:34 PM PST by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: Sunnyflorida
I know. Not any better than Rooters :(

But if I read that right, and the story's accurate, this was just a really big glitch and the utility repsonded the way it was supposed to in order to limit any further damage to the grid?

231 posted on 02/26/2008 12:54:41 PM PST by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: SE Mom

Harrigan is either one of the bravest reporters, or the most foolish!


232 posted on 02/26/2008 12:54:59 PM PST by tiredoflaundry (My tagline fell & it can't get up..................)
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To: tiredoflaundry

The Drama Queen on his way to Florida today? Hope he’s not driving.


233 posted on 02/26/2008 12:56:00 PM PST by McGruff (Good thing Huckabee has those super delegates to count on.)
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To: SE Mom

At least Florida isn’t Guam. Guam’s power system is horrible. I was there in 1995 and, without warning, whole areas of the island would lose power. They called it “load shedding”. Guam Power and Light would cut off area of the island so other areas can have it. Then it’s rotated. It’s a mess. Don’t know how it is now on Guam but that’s how it was at least until 2000.


234 posted on 02/26/2008 12:56:21 PM PST by NCC-1701 (PUT AN END TO ORGANIZED CRIME. ABOLISH THE I.R.S.)
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To: McGruff

LOL


235 posted on 02/26/2008 12:56:52 PM PST by tiredoflaundry (My tagline fell & it can't get up..................)
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To: Dog Gone

Fla. never lost their ties to the rest of the interconnection. There were some swings on the system but no problems.


236 posted on 02/26/2008 12:57:07 PM PST by ringgold (A pirate looks (back) at 40!)
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To: NautiNurse; spectre; sageb1; bigfootbob; STARWISE; trussell; kitkat; Kitty Mittens; Pegita; ...

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237 posted on 02/26/2008 12:57:46 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: tiredoflaundry

“Steve Harrigan just mentioned how in South Florida, you have all these folks with no licenses,& insurance, driving “junkers”.”

Really. For about 5 years I used to drive up early morning (<6AM) to MIA once a week or so from Islamorada. I would usually have a Dade County or Miami City cop living in Homestead/ FL City scream by me on the way to work. I would get in behind and just pedal down. I did over a hundred for miles and miles. He would light up if traffic and I just hanged in behind. Too funny. I talked to a few about this once in awhile and no big deal.

This lady on the TV now is the only FPL person I know that does not have a spanish accent.


238 posted on 02/26/2008 12:57:57 PM PST by Sunnyflorida (Drill in the Gulf of Mexico/Anwar & we can join OPEC!!! || Write in Thomas Sowell for President.)
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To: SE Mom

See my 230 post. It is a libby site...lol. We ARE talking about BROWARD COUNTY! This plant was mentioned in some ‘hearings’ on capitol hill..The site even has ‘statements’ from all the dem candidates bashing Bush!


239 posted on 02/26/2008 12:58:17 PM PST by penelopesire ("The only CHANGE you will get with the Democrats is the CHANGE left in your pocket")
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To: Dog Gone; All

last year:

Arizona Nuclear Plant on Lockdown

PHOENIX (AP) — The nation’s largest nuclear power plant was put on lockdown Friday after a contract worker entered the facility with something that security was “not comfortable with,” a spokesman said.

Security officials detained the worker at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station and were conducting an investigation. The incident was considered an “unusual event” — the lowest of four emergencies the plant can declare, said Jim Melfi, an inspector with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Officials did not say what the worker brought to the plant. There was no threat to the public, said Palo Verde spokesman Jim McDonald.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1920156/posts


240 posted on 02/26/2008 12:59:12 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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