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

8-14-03 | Joe Hadenuf

[Frank_Discussion]

hahahahaha!!

[SGCOS]

I'm sorry folks. All I did was plug in my flux capacitor. I didn't mean for this to happen.

[MrConfettiMan]

If these outages continue into the evening, I fear terrorists may take advantage of the situation.

[Dan from Michigan]

Northernmost Washtenaw is ON.(they take feeds from Livingston County which is also on). Parts of Ingham county are on as well.

[lainie]

Pioneer Valley ... NY? or MA?

[Liberal Classic]

Thank you! :)

[Timesink]

Fox, via a national power company organization: Power grid affected goes as far west as Saskatchewan and Oklahoma, and as far south as Florida. So anything in that zone is conceivably in danger, but most of the rest of the country has successfully pulled themselves off the grid to protect themselves.

[Howlin]

Don't give up hope; some guy on CNN is saying it may have started in Canada! He's with NYC Emergency Management.

[RonDog]

From http://www.baynews9.com/NewsStory.cfm?storyid=22931

Major power outage hits New York, other large cities

Thursday, August 14^th

It was chaos in the streets of New York.

Major power outage simultaneously struck several large cities in the United States and Canada late Thursday afternoon.

Cities affected include New York; Boston, Massachusetts; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Toronto, Ontario; and Ottawa, Ontario. The power outage occurred shortly after 4 p.m.

Much of Midtown Manhattan and Wall Street was shut down, including all area airports and the Long Island Railroad. The airports were operating on backup power and operations were reported to be normal, officials said.

The New York City Police Department said they were trying to determine what happened. A Con Edison transformer on East 14th Street in Manhattan was on fire, according to CNN.

Thousands of people could be seen leaving buildings and walking into the streets. New York subways were reported stopped and people were trapped in the cars.

[agrace]

Just finally got through to my husband on his cell, he's on his way home since they had no power, traffic is horrendous of course.

[muleskinner]

When in Trouble,

When in Doubt,

Run in Circles, Scream and Shout!

[null and void]

Can we blame it on the Canadians at least?

Welllll, The french Canadians maybe....

[MrConfettiMan]

Oops, meant to put a "tin-foil hat" disclaimer on my reply. :)

[steve86]

What makes them so sure that the fire at the power plant on Manhattan could not have been caused by terrorism?

Because Bloomie said so!

[Joe Hadenuf]

Thousands of flight delays and the impact will be immense

[Dan from Michigan]

Is Benton Harbor down?

God, I hope not.

[Wordsmith]

Western Mass. Connecticut River valley. Half way between Springfield and Greenfield.

[Conservative Kay]

Great book!! You're the first person I've seen mention it. How many others here have read it?

[GRRRRR]

POWER FAILURE CAUSED by SHRILLARY overload!!

Ole Crusty was finally put into a washing machine...burned out the motor causing electrical short and from there it took out the entire NE Grid...

Hey---IT COULD HAPPEN, washing ole crusty I mean...

GRRRRR

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