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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: Peach
They just said 95 in NYC. I'd sure hate to be in a subway car right now ... no lights, very hot, people crowded like sardines ... panicing ... not knowing what's going on.
Sure glad I escaped to Florida a few years ago.
To: Sicon
The measures in place need to be generators in place and there aren't many new ones of these.
502
posted on
08/14/2003 2:08:27 PM PDT
by
Doctor Stochastic
(Vegetabilisch = chaotisch is der Charakter der Modernen. - Friedrich Schlegel)
To: lainie
Those pics are strangely reminiscent of 9-11.
503
posted on
08/14/2003 2:08:33 PM PDT
by
menotyu
(I love the smell of Napalm in the morning)
To: Peach
RIck Leventhal says that the goverment is wrong and that the NY airports are down
OMG .. look at all those poeple on the bridge
504
posted on
08/14/2003 2:08:37 PM PDT
by
Mo1
(I have nothing to add .. just want to see if I make the cut and paste ;0))
To: Peach
They just said 95 in NYC. I'd sure hate to be in a subway car right now ... no lights, very hot, people crowded like sardines ... panicing ... not knowing what's going on.
Sure glad I escaped to Florida a few years ago.
To: swarthyguy
Many stuck in elevators.
506
posted on
08/14/2003 2:08:52 PM PDT
by
JustPiper
(Recall Blago! Recall Blago!!! Recall Blago!!! Protest Taxes!!!)
To: Ray'sBeth
All traffic in and out of NY airports completely shut down, reporting now. People abandoning their vehicles. Total gridlock.
Reports that THOUSANDS ARE TRAPPED IN SUBWAYS.....
To: Question_Assumptions
I was only days old for the 1965 blackout but remember the 1977 version. They keep saying that they are putting measures in place to make sure it never happens again and it keeps happening again.That was a quarter century without it happening. Are you never happy?!?!?
;^)
It seems like just yesterday that 2 Paki's on the "Do Not Fly" list were arrested at SeaTac. Paid cash, separate flights to NYC, no luggage.
Oh Wait! It WAS yesterday!
Good thing Bloomberg has assured us it isn't terrorism, or I'd be worried.
Odd that 3 NYC hospitals weren't able to fire up their emergency generators...
To: Ray'sBeth
Interesting that Toledo is down, but Lima--just about 70 miles south--is fine according to my mom. I'm right between the two - we've had surges, but no outages.
509
posted on
08/14/2003 2:09:11 PM PDT
by
TonyInOhio
(Nothing is printed in the New York Times / 'til it's edited by a Liberal with an axe to grind)
To: Joe Hadenuf
Hard to believe they don't know exactly what the cause is........
Joe they aren't looking at cause per se but rather trying to figure out how to get things patched back together with some bubble gum, duct tape and whatever else they have.... Just restarting the power plants will take some time.
They at some point will begin the process of looking at which relays tripped, when, what sequence and then they will begin to pinpoint the orgin and why...
JMO
510
posted on
08/14/2003 2:09:18 PM PDT
by
deport
To: Pest
The Lansing Board of Water and Light says at least 5 hours until power is restored. That's two hours after dark, isn't it?
To: Beach_Babe
Thanks for the temp in NYC - hadn't heard. Came to the story late.
512
posted on
08/14/2003 2:09:32 PM PDT
by
Peach
(The Clintons have pardoned more terrorists than they ever captured or killed.)
To: Howlin
Thanks Howlin.
For now we still have power where I am in NJ. It did shut down, but came right back on.
To: JustPiper
Just imagine all the people stuck on escalators, too!
514
posted on
08/14/2003 2:09:37 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(I'm not always cranky.)
To: John Lenin
"Sounds like a terror attack to me, all they have to do is hack into the main power grid computers and overload a few transformers and kapoof... power is out ! "
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I was concerned about the same thing -- we've been reading about the possibility of such attacks. Even more worrisome is what else they might do, using this power outage.
To: Pest
Grab a flashlight.
To: dogbyte12
As nightfall approaches........
To: COBOL2Java; E Rocc
Reporting the entire city of Cleveland down......
How could they tell?
You are baaaaaaad!
518
posted on
08/14/2003 2:10:10 PM PDT
by
Allegra
To: Joe Hadenuf
To: Hildy
How about people who were in elevators...Oh my Gosh...They just *STOP* without power. they don't fall.
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