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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: muslims=borg
You are a wise man Muslim. You have good strategy.
To: GRRRRR
Hmmmm, not terrorism, nothing to see here, move along...Well, the Shiites did give our troops 24 hours to get out or the shiite would hit the fan.... ;-)
To: Timesink
Speaking as someone in northcentral PA, I have outages north, east, west and southeast of me. It's a little unnerving, mostly because I'd hate to be out of touch.
If I stop posting on this thread, its because my power went down.
723
posted on
08/14/2003 2:32:17 PM PDT
by
Petronski
(I'm not always cranky.)
To: Joe Hadenuf
724
posted on
08/14/2003 2:32:20 PM PDT
by
LayoutGuru2
(Call me paranoid but finding '/*' inside this comment makes me suspicious)
To: Timesink
Does anyone remember the QUANTUM LEAP episode where Sam plugs a hair dryer into a certain outlet at a certain time and KNOCK OUT THE WHOLE EAST COAST?
Who plugged in a Hair dryer today?
To: Dog
Gee, if it spreads across the whole country, think the U.S. Government will finally admit it's a terrorist attack?
No...of course not...it's a "grid overload"...yeah, that's the ticket...
To: floriduh voter
This gets my vote for post of the day!
727
posted on
08/14/2003 2:32:56 PM PDT
by
canyon
To: Im Your Huckleberry
Honestly, does anyone with half a brain believe this B.S. cover story being put out? Who are they kidding? I believe it. When you have that many gigawatts coursing around a power grid, a sudden dropout in NYC could have far-ranging effects.
728
posted on
08/14/2003 2:33:19 PM PDT
by
r9etb
To: Kozak
Lets hope they don't drag down the rest of the grid when they try to bring it back up.That's why I said it would take a couple of days to bring everything back - they have to restore gradually, and there are undoubtedly many power plants that are off line now and will not be available until they have off-site power available. Then there will be a time lag between getting started and hitting line. Coming on line will be a while for some customers.
729
posted on
08/14/2003 2:33:20 PM PDT
by
meyer
To: LayoutGuru2
Dang, that graph tells a story......
To: Petronski
If I stop posting on this thread, its because my power went down. And you're just too far east of me for smoke signals to work.
Just damn.
731
posted on
08/14/2003 2:33:39 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: Wordsmith
Brave to keep your computer on :) Be careful out there !!
732
posted on
08/14/2003 2:34:12 PM PDT
by
lainie
To: canyon
I second that!!!
733
posted on
08/14/2003 2:34:12 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: Timesink
Jennings will criticize President Bush for being on the West Coast. But who's watching him anyway?
734
posted on
08/14/2003 2:34:13 PM PDT
by
floriduh voter
(President Backbone's Got My Vote)
To: floriduh voter
Fox radio just said that it was an explosion but not terrorist related. So, I ask, what caused the explosion?
Canadians!
To: Miss Marple
Speculation on WWJ Radio(Detroit) suggested it may have started in Niagara Falls.
736
posted on
08/14/2003 2:34:24 PM PDT
by
Dan from Michigan
("This ain't no place for a nervous person." - Mickey Redmond)
To: All
Amtrak reporting trains not running....this was one of their standard weekly news releases.
To: aristeides
People had to walk from work in NYC on 9/11. Yeah, but the bridges and tunnels were closed as well. So commuters aren't stuck on the island if they can catch a ride.
I just talked to my Dad who works in Midtown. His building's back-up generator is running, so he's just sitting in his office, reading the news, waiting for his wife to finish her shift at the hospital so he can go pick her up.
I was way more freaked out than him.
738
posted on
08/14/2003 2:34:25 PM PDT
by
libravoter
(Live from the People's Republic of Cambridge)
To: MrConfettiMan
I think the greater risk is massive looting.
739
posted on
08/14/2003 2:34:30 PM PDT
by
JimDingle
(Give Dingle a Jingle)
To: r9etb
Yeah? What caused the "dropout"?!
This smells to high heaven.
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