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.

[MEG33]

Whew..That's good to hear about the miners safety.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Well hopefully they studied and learned from the Pennsylvania rescue.

[Fledermaus]

I'm getting tired of hearing politicians, even if they are "in charge", coming on TV to "address" us.

Most of it is hot air. And since they are the ones without power, who are they talking to? lol

I know, radio, people with tv on batteries, etc.

This nanny state mentalility is getting old. I don't need a statement from the governor everytime we have a bad thunderstorm, ice storm, snow storm, etc.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Governor of Michigan saying it's some natural event, not terrorism......

Does *anyone* know what caused this?

[Mo1]

LOL!! Surprised the CNN anchors aren't hiding under their desks

If it was something more serious like 9/11, I could understand the way they are talking .. but it's just a power outage

Geez .. was there this kind of reaction in 65 & 77????

[FourPeas]

Ick, now Jenny Grandstand is talking.

[Shermy]

listening to an interview on WNBC with a Con Ed guy. Very very evasive. Its either something they are trying to coverup (sabotage), or some kind of monumental act of human error that initiated a trip of all automatic systems.

Rightful fear of lawsuits.

[NeoCaveman]

Hwy, I heard tour commie gov. (Granholm) was hot...she seems kind of butch to me....

[Alberta's Child]

I was just listening to that interview myself. He did sound evasive, but it sounded to me like he was being evasive because the source of the problem was with an outside power grid and he didn't want to pin the blame on any specific power authority until more is known.

[hole_n_one]

[FourPeas]

I'll give you that if anyone "knows" it's certainly not Jenny Grandstand. Clueless is her middle name.

[oceanview]

yes, the utilities know.

[Windcatcher]

Here's what I don't get.

In 1977, the blackout covered the entire east coast--except Philly. In Philly we have a pair of jet engines directly connected to power turbines, FOR THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF PROVIDING SEED POWER TO START OTHER SUBSTATIONS. They're reporting tonight that NYC has a lot of power generating capacity in Queens, but they can't use it until Queens itself has power.

HELLO?????

Is there a reason why ConEd hasn't clued in on PECO's solution in the last 26 years? Cut the breakers, fire up the jets, and get the other substations running again. It's gotten us immediately going again after an outage many times since 1977...

[prairiebreeze]

Granholm saying it was apparently caused by a "natural" occurrance. She's urging calm in Michigan. Urges caution at intersections. She tells people to stay cool. sheesh

She also tells people in Detroit to boil water or drink bottled water.

Prairie

[Momaw Nadon]

Statue of Liberty is lit up. Very nice, but I'm not sure how much good that does.

Got pics?

[Joe Hadenuf]

Yeah, the governor is Michigan is speaking to the people like they are small children. Jezzz, I get tired of this condescending attitude from politicians.

[Ray'sBeth]

I just wish someone would post a picture of Paula Z. from tonight. I don't have cable.

[Fledermaus]

She just said, "we are all in this together". What total BS cliche crap and a total lie.

You know dang well her governor's mansion has a generator and she's got full power.

What a worthless pol. And if that is what the Dems call a "hot" babe, no wonder they think Hillary is attractive.

[FourPeas]

Jenny understands that the good Democrats of Michigan need to be spoken to as if they were children -- they voted for her afterall.

[Interesting Times]

My guess is that they're not 'down' 4000 ft -- they may be traveling on an incline so the length of their path is 4000 ft. but they're only ?500-800 from the surface.

4,000 feet is quite possible -- the deepest mine in Canada is 7,200 feet.