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.

[CarmelValleyite]

somebody said their City Hall was evacuated. Maybe they're overreacting???????

[Ez2BRepub]

Hopefully they leave Comerica park standing. I have a concert to go to Fri. afternoon. That is if the power comes back on.

[Militiaman7]

Are the lights on in Crawford, Texas? What does Bush know and when did he know it?

DNC drains power in NE trying to jumpstart campaigns.

[Dog]

I'm 30 miles south of Philly.......still have power.

[Sam Cree]

"In a major event, cell phones are rendered useless almost immediately........."

I don't know, ours worked all day long on 9/11, in various parts of the U.S. Surprised me, though.

[RoughDobermann]

Former NYC police commissioner says that this is a "transformer incident" that began at ConEd.

[Liberal Classic]

On September 11th, didn't the phone system get DDOSed by their own customers?

While I don't think this is terrorism, if any terrorists are paying attention I'm sure this will give them ideas.

[JustPiper]

Defnitely sounds like something's up. There are over 200 posts here in 1/2 hour!

MSNBC is giving constant updates on their website.
Updates>

Major power failure across Northeast Toronto, Detroit also affected by unexplained blackout

BREAKING NEWS MSNBC AND NBC NEWS
Aug. 14 — A major power blackout hit several major cities in the Northeast, the Midwest and Canada late Thursday afternoon, knocking out electricity to millions of people in New York, Toronto, Detroit, Cleveland and elsewhere.

THE BLACKOUT, which sent thousands of New Yorkers streaming into the streets and briefly knocked television networks off the air, could not be immediately explained. Most of the cities are linked on the same regional power grid, however.

MSNBC TV showed aerial pictures of fires in the Bronx and Brooklyn. CNN reported that a fire had been reported at the Consolidated Edison plant in New York.

The evening rush hour was just beginning, and NBC correspondents described scenes of pandemonium.

[Timesink]

Why cancel bus service? That just doesn't make any sense.Well, it IS Reuters. So who knows if it's true.

[swarthyguy]

Blooomberg on TV advising people not to smoke in NYC

[eddie willers]

The worst would be being stuck in an elevator. shudder

I hope no blondes are stuck on escalators.
(ducking) :-)

[Mo1]

Philly local news is showing video of people taking to the streets and walking home ... Looks like a HUGE traffice problem

[Question_Assumptions]

I can see it from my office and it got attention here, too. The problem is that they have at least four of the burn off towers running and they are putting out quite a bit of flame. but the fact that each flame is at the top of a tower and not along the ground suggests that this is a normal burn off.

[Dirk McQuickly]

WMAL: Niagara Mohawk power grid may be overloaded. So Con Ed in Manhattan blows up?

[Joe Hadenuf]

The images in NY are incredible............

[BlessedByLiberty]

And donating to Davis' no on recall campaign!

[Conservative4Ever]

Yes, but for how long??...heh heh. This outage in the northeast does sound kinda freaky.

Red

[Cagey]

Blooomberg on TV advising people not to smoke in NYC

Hahahahaha!

[Liberal Classic]

Other U. S. cities are experiencing blackouts Detroit, Cleveland and Toronto

I always knew Canada was really part of the United States.