Major power surge in NY? (Blackout is in NYC, Detroit, Ottawa and Toronto, per Fox News)

8-14-03 | Joe Hadenuf

[FairOpinion]

I hope your son will be OK. I am sure they are giving him good medical care. Will they evacuate him to Kuwait or Germany?

I think -- and hope -- that the fact that nothing more happened during the blackout means that nothing else will, and the power will be back on in the morning.

[boxerblues]

Hes been treated & returned to his unit already & put on light duty. Stitches & staples in his head and a concussion, not enough to get him out for a little r&r for a while.

[FairOpinion]

I am glad it's not worse and that he'll soon fully recover.

And hope the weather will start to get cooler in Iraq.

[FairOpinion]

A great article posted on another thread, relevant here.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/964398/posts

Here is why it happened.

The Sierra Club and friends. (ABC, the New York Times, Al Gore, etc.)

They are also responsible for the brownouts in California last year. Why? Because their overweening influence in our governments from cities to states to the federal level, has brought power development to a virtual standstill. (Gray Davis hasn't added a watt to the grid during his entire time as governor. See A Public Comedy of Errors )

This doesn’t require an engineering degree, folks.

If all your power needs are supplied by a centralized grid which is not allowed to expand to meet increasing need, you are heading for a blackout. A five gallon fuel tank will not allow an eighteen wheeler to haul cargo from Portland to Pendleton. It’s as simple as that. If you add a million new citizens to your state, which is exactly what happened in California, they come with power needs. Lights, heating, cooling, television sets and toasters. If you don’t increase your power grid’s capacity, which is exactly what happened in California, your power grid will collapse under the added demand.

For decades, the greenies and their Democrat friends have strangled new power development. Because of the power plant construction regulations they have pushed through, the various government agencies involved have brought such attempts to, if not a standstill, a snail's pace. But, that’s not all they have accomplished. Loving centralization as socialists do, they have made it possible for one terrorist in the right spot with a packsack full of dynamite to bring down a power grid that runs from Ottawa to Ohio and east to the Atlantic, blacking out the lives of more than ¼ of North America’s population in a single, easy stroke.

As I write this, the East Coast blackout is going on. What would happen if some terrorists had a few airliners right now? Or if some terrorists on a skyscraper roof had a bag of chemicals or biological agents? You couldn’t even warn the residents of New York City.

Is there a solution to this power disaster, and pending danger? Of course.

Never vote for a Democrat again.

[boxerblues]

Thanks we do to.

[nutmeg]

My power just came on, most of NYC is still out.

Glad to hear you're back up! The images that Fox News has been running live of tourists and others sleeping in the streets of Manhattan are just amazing.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Holding my place for a great read tomorrow. Stay safe everyone!!

[BurbankKarl]

what cable channels are live and who is running tape?

[dixie sass]

I'm glad that they got out. I hope that the Canadians are able to get out safely.

I wonder if it was caused by that computer worm?

[Mo1]

FNC is reporting the hotels are not letting anyone to stay due to liability concerns

THANK YOU TRIAL LAWYERS ... PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING ON THE STREET BECAUSE BUSINESSES ARE AFRAID OF YOU

[PurVirgo]

no, but I've heard of a magic bullet

The government told me so, I should believe them.

[swheats]

This is weird, a new class of homelessness in New York for a day.

[FairOpinion]

"FNC is reporting the hotels are not letting anyone to stay due to liability concerns "

"THANK YOU TRIAL LAWYERS ... PEOPLE ARE SLEEPING ON THE STREET BECAUSE BUSINESSES ARE AFRAID OF YOU "

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Isn't this just horrible?! Didn't I read not that long ago, that NY paid some exorbitant sums to put up homeless people for weeks in 5-star hotels, and they couldn't pick up the tab to put those poor people up in some hotels? I think the hotel owners would have given them a discount, so it would all have been "legal". But I agree with you, many times people don't dare do things for fear of being sued, because "no good deed goes unpunished".

[fatima]

boxerblues,It is a ride,please let me know about your son,have a brat granddaughter there and it is with the greatest respect and so very proud that I thank them.

[JustPiper]

My heart goes out to you! Has Bloomberg done all he can or would Guilliani have done more?

[JustPiper]

Would they be honest about sabotage, even if it was domestic like Elf?

[Pro-Bush]

Going on your premise..What about a domestic EMP military test gone array? </area51

[JustPiper]

Ping!

[JustPiper]

Now your talking two things that are up my alley pal -g-...seriously, do you know my very first thought was EMP!!!

[JustPiper]

That thread with the link was pulled Fair?