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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.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Canada; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Connecticut; US: Michigan; US: New Jersey; US: New York; US: Ohio
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To: aristeides
If they riot and loot, this time they will be rioting and looting during wartime.Cavuto needs to get a camera out to Fredricks. We just missed a looting of Fredricks by about 10 minutes once but the tv coverage was hillarious.
With the airports closed, that'll be another day of no flights to Saudi Arabia.
To: Snowy
Is anyone having sex yet?
LMAO! Seriously now reporting Illinois and Indiana doing fine. Ann Arbor and Detroit bad.
522
posted on
08/14/2003 2:10:33 PM PDT
by
JustPiper
(Recall Blago! Recall Blago!!! Recall Blago!!! Protest Taxes!!!)
To: Joe Hadenuf
Look at all the people walking around on Fox News!!! IT's like an ant hill on steroids!
YIKES---glad I am not in a subway!
523
posted on
08/14/2003 2:10:33 PM PDT
by
lawgirl
(The only thing the French should be allowed to host is an invasion. -Johnny English)
To: nothingnew; marktuoni
I grew up in Milford (first 15 years). Moved to Virginia in 1965. Lived on Winthrop Court. Nice little town. Ice skating on the pond behind the Townhall.
524
posted on
08/14/2003 2:10:34 PM PDT
by
CJinVA
To: Joe Hadenuf
Some dolt on tv announced Atlanta was down. I've gotten three family members from different parts of the country call to see if I'm ok.
Atlanta is NOT affected. We have power. Thanks for the concern though!
To: Timesink
It the Revenge of Gray Davis....Boo Ha Ha Ha!(evil laff)
(But he couldn't even get that right... his voodoo spell missed)
To: Allegra
To: NautiNurse
I remember television knobs.
We're just having some kind of tropical storm today. I will be concerned if this spreads to the midwest.
Hannity is expressing that there's an information void in NYC so he's taking calls to get updates.
528
posted on
08/14/2003 2:10:57 PM PDT
by
floriduh voter
(President Backbone's Got My Vote)
To: dogbyte12
I oughta load up a truck with some cheap .25cal pistols. I'd make a mint.
529
posted on
08/14/2003 2:10:58 PM PDT
by
Chancellor Palpatine
("What if the hokey pokey is really what its all about?" - Jean Paul Sartre)
To: af_vet_rr
This makes me glad I live in Texas, where I could rapidly get some distance between myself and my neighbors.Yikes...they just said they have been ordered to increase the security at the local power plants here in San Antonio, hopefully just a precaution.
To: Fitzcarraldo
Now there's a picture worth a thousand words.
531
posted on
08/14/2003 2:11:14 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(I'm not always cranky.)
To: Aaron0617
Where are the FREEPers who were making jokes about France and their power problems? Where are they at now? I'm here. Your point?
;^)
To: null and void
lol
533
posted on
08/14/2003 2:11:25 PM PDT
by
olorin
To: Dog Gone
I believe I've read that it takes power to start a cold nuke, which seems rather ironic. It takes power to get any plant running, nuke or fossil. Pumps, motors and fans have to be going to lite a fire, get water flowing to the boiler, etc. Most plants, especially larger one, have on-site diesels for just that purpose. It's called a 'black-start'. In this situation, most of those plants that had to cut load probably rolled back to "hot stand-by" mode --- producing just enough juice to meet the plant needs and they should be able to ramp up power relatively quickly. The trick in a situation like this is bringing them on in the right sequence at the right power levels to keep the grid ballanced and gradually return service area by area. That can take a long time. The dispatch and plant operators are all pretty busy guys right now.
534
posted on
08/14/2003 2:11:28 PM PDT
by
Ditto
( No trees were killed in sending this message, but billions of electrons were inconvenienced.)
To: riri
YOU MUST BE A WRITER. MY HARD CIDAR IS COMING OUT MY NOSE.
535
posted on
08/14/2003 2:11:29 PM PDT
by
alrea
To: FairOpinion
Hey buddy! They are showing smokestacks smoking.
536
posted on
08/14/2003 2:11:32 PM PDT
by
JustPiper
(Recall Blago! Recall Blago!!! Recall Blago!!! Protest Taxes!!!)
To: null and void
I know that. But imagine being stuck in an elevator, in this heat...
537
posted on
08/14/2003 2:11:50 PM PDT
by
Hildy
To: Bluntpoint
Am I the only one for whom FR has REALLY slowed down?
To: lawgirl
There are people trapped on elevated subways and in tunnels. Reports that up to 200,000 are trapped on subways
To: null and void
They just *STOP* without power. they don't fall.
Which brings up Life Rule #152: don't ever get on an levator needing to go to the bathroom.
540
posted on
08/14/2003 2:12:15 PM PDT
by
lelio
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