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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: Mat_Helm
hahahahaha!!
681 posted on 08/14/2003 2:28:34 PM PDT by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: Joe Hadenuf
I'm sorry folks. All I did was plug in my flux capacitor. I didn't mean for this to happen.
682 posted on 08/14/2003 2:28:39 PM PDT by SGCOS
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To: RonDog
If these outages continue into the evening, I fear terrorists may take advantage of the situation.
683 posted on 08/14/2003 2:28:44 PM PDT by MrConfettiMan
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To: 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.
684 posted on 08/14/2003 2:28:45 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan ("This ain't no place for a nervous person." - Mickey Redmond)
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To: Wordsmith
Pioneer Valley ... NY? or MA?
685 posted on 08/14/2003 2:28:45 PM PDT by lainie
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To: NautiNurse
Thank you! :)
686 posted on 08/14/2003 2:28:55 PM PDT by Liberal Classic (Quemadmoeum gladis nemeinum occidit, occidentis telum est.)
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To: floriduh voter
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.
687 posted on 08/14/2003 2:29:05 PM PDT by Timesink
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To: Republican Red
Don't give up hope; some guy on CNN is saying it may have started in Canada! He's with NYC Emergency Management.
688 posted on 08/14/2003 2:29:15 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Howlin
From http://www.baynews9.com/NewsStory.cfm?storyid=22931

Major power outage hits New York, other large cities

Thursday, August 14th
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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.


689 posted on 08/14/2003 2:29:28 PM PDT by RonDog
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To: Joe Hadenuf
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.
690 posted on 08/14/2003 2:29:30 PM PDT by agrace
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To: Joe Hadenuf
When in Trouble,

When in Doubt,

Run in Circles, Scream and Shout!

691 posted on 08/14/2003 2:29:30 PM PDT by muleskinner
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To: Republican Red
Can we blame it on the Canadians at least?

Welllll, The french Canadians maybe....

692 posted on 08/14/2003 2:29:36 PM PDT by null and void
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To: MrConfettiMan
Oops, meant to put a "tin-foil hat" disclaimer on my reply. :)
693 posted on 08/14/2003 2:29:39 PM PDT by MrConfettiMan
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To: aristeides
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!

694 posted on 08/14/2003 2:29:42 PM PDT by steve86
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To: muslims=borg
Thousands of flight delays and the impact will be immense
695 posted on 08/14/2003 2:29:51 PM PDT by Joe Hadenuf
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To: aristeides
Is Benton Harbor down?

God, I hope not.

696 posted on 08/14/2003 2:29:53 PM PDT by Dan from Michigan ("This ain't no place for a nervous person." - Mickey Redmond)
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To: lainie
Western Mass. Connecticut River valley. Half way between Springfield and Greenfield.
697 posted on 08/14/2003 2:29:53 PM PDT by Wordsmith
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To: tscislaw
Great book!! You're the first person I've seen mention it. How many others here have read it?
698 posted on 08/14/2003 2:29:56 PM PDT by Conservative Kay
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To: Fledermaus
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
699 posted on 08/14/2003 2:30:10 PM PDT by GRRRRR (If the GOP could just send in the Marines against the Demokrats now....)
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To: Joe Hadenuf

700 posted on 08/14/2003 2:30:20 PM PDT by two23
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