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Major power surge in NY? (Blackout is in NYC, Detroit, Ottawa and Toronto, per Fox News)
8-14-03 | Joe Hadenuf

Posted on 08/14/2003 1:14:13 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf

Hannity station went dead for about 20 seconds. Said he had never seen anything like it.


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To: lelio
You mean Howard Safir, frmer NY City Police Commis??

I just turned it on and didn't catch what he said

2,961 posted on 08/14/2003 8:44:21 PM PDT by Mo1 (I have nothing to add .. just want to see if I make the cut and paste ;0))
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To: mhking
"Slowly I turn"...that's from an Abbott and Costello movie. A&C meet Frankenstein? or A&C meet the Wolfman?
2,962 posted on 08/14/2003 8:44:58 PM PDT by Palladin (Proud to be a FReeper!)
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To: Lijahsbubbe
Oops, I forgot to add, they're so lovable, those weatherpeople. And they have thecoolest job! I wish I was one! (seriously)

The coolest job in winter. The hottest job in summer. :)

2,963 posted on 08/14/2003 8:45:20 PM PDT by WxMan2000
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To: Mo1
Nope, it was someone related to the energy industry. At least he said that market forces should help out this situation.

WHAT ABOUT THE OTTAWA LOOTING!?!!?!?
2,964 posted on 08/14/2003 8:45:24 PM PDT by lelio
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To: Dolphy
I haven't a clue about eletrical power but I am really shocked

Dolphy, Dolphy, Dolphy...are you punnin' with us?

Prairie

2,965 posted on 08/14/2003 8:45:34 PM PDT by prairiebreeze (Middle East terrorists to the world: " We don't want no STINKING PEACE!!")
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To: prairiebreeze; Dolphy
Well, if you were wired like he is, you'd pun too...
2,966 posted on 08/14/2003 8:46:19 PM PDT by Chad Fairbanks (The wages of sin are death, but by the time FICA and SSI are taken, it's just sorta tired feeling)
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To: lelio
WHAT ABOUT THE OTTAWA LOOTING!?!!?!?

Haven't seen any coverage of that....

2,967 posted on 08/14/2003 8:48:49 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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To: GOPrincess
just think of all the computers like ours that weren't sucking up power even a decade ago! :)

Bill Richardson actually made a comment about all the computers people are using nowadays - suggesting that this contributed to the blackout.

I'm waiting to hear from Al (automobiles are a menace to society) Gore.

2,968 posted on 08/14/2003 8:49:15 PM PDT by slimer
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To: GOPrincess
Allentown I think it ok .. only a few counties in upper PA were hit

From Channel 10 News ..

PENNSYLVANIA The northwestern corner of the state was without power. Power went out to much or all of Erie, Forest and Venango counties, according to emergency management officials.

2,969 posted on 08/14/2003 8:50:05 PM PDT by Mo1 (I have nothing to add .. just want to see if I make the cut and paste ;0))
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To: Diddle E. Squat
So what is your best guess on what happened?

I won't guess... Too many possibilities.

2,970 posted on 08/14/2003 8:50:09 PM PDT by DonnerT
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To: slimer
Bill Richardson actually made a comment about all the computers people are using nowadays...

Not me. My computer is steam-powered.

2,971 posted on 08/14/2003 8:50:23 PM PDT by Petronski (I'm not always cranky.)
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To: Monty22
thought you meant part of the nuclear triad.

What's that?

2,972 posted on 08/14/2003 8:50:56 PM PDT by slimer
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To: slimer
ICBM's, bombers, or SLBM's
2,973 posted on 08/14/2003 8:51:33 PM PDT by Monty22
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To: Joe Hadenuf
CNBC and now MSNBC are interviewing some Canuks right now. The guy on MSNBC is stressing that this isn't terrorism, just a glich in the system. Is that suppossed to make us feel any better? That if someone wanted to do more damage it could be worse?
2,974 posted on 08/14/2003 8:51:36 PM PDT by lelio
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To: mhking
I rememember that line being used in an I love Lucy episode...
2,975 posted on 08/14/2003 8:51:40 PM PDT by momofsixgirls
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To: slimer
Our Ground-based, Air-based, and Sea-based Nuclear Capabilities I'm a guessin'
2,976 posted on 08/14/2003 8:51:53 PM PDT by Chad Fairbanks (The wages of sin are death, but by the time FICA and SSI are taken, it's just sorta tired feeling)
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To: Petronski
The system that my place of business runs is soooo outdated, my notebook runs on kerosene...
2,977 posted on 08/14/2003 8:52:00 PM PDT by PennsylvaniaMom
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To: Windcatcher
. I wonder what would have been the next grid station in line had the one at VF failed. Is there a redundant backup?

Good question but I don't know the answer

2,978 posted on 08/14/2003 8:52:07 PM PDT by Mo1 (I have nothing to add .. just want to see if I make the cut and paste ;0))
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To: Joe Hadenuf
FOX stating Penn station crowds have been standing without food or water or bathrooms for almost 7 hours.

I'd be angry to. Why the heck are there not a constant stream of buses running out of the PATH terminal? They are not electric, sure the roads are packed, but run bus shuttles to NJ and Jaimaca(major rail transfer station in Long Island). The trains may have trouble running out of Penn Station because the long tunnels require electric trains and prohibit diesels, but east of Sunnyside and Jaimaca they can use diesels to pull the trains. Setup generators at a few key fueling stations to keep the shuttles running. Don't they have a contingency plan for such an evacuation?

2,979 posted on 08/14/2003 8:52:13 PM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: slimer
Sub-launched missiles, land-based missiles, and bombers carrying nuclear weapons.
2,980 posted on 08/14/2003 8:52:23 PM PDT by Petronski (I'm not always cranky.)
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