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

8-14-03 | Joe Hadenuf

[Joe Hadenuf]

Hannity station went dead for about 20 seconds. Said he had never seen anything like it.

[Joe Hadenuf]

What ever station Hannity is on, 790 AM LA went dead for about 20 seconds. He came back on and said they had never seen anything quit like it. Anyone else go down?

[Dirk McQuickly]

Any updates?

[July 4th]

We'll know soon enough...the news nets are in NYC, and will report it.

[PigRigger]

My office just went dark - 26th and Madison

[Pest]

We just had a power failure here in Jackson, MI. Coincidence? Freaky.

[Ol' Sox]

My building in Stamford, CT is down. Servers are up, though. Thank you generators!

[tortoise]

Damn EMP weapon...

[Dog Gone]

Monica

[SolutionsOnly]

Never seen anyhting like it? There was a huge power outage in the Northeast a couple decades ago due to a glitch at a Quebec hydro plant.

[Blueflag]

I am on the phone with about 35 people, many in the NY area -- Manhattan and Westchester. ALL lost power and network (duh) even on laptops.

Phones still working.

Any other data?

[RoughDobermann]

Power outtages happened before 9/11, too. Let's see.

[Joe Hadenuf]

No, he apparently was speaking to his engineers when the station went off the air, and said they have never seen anything quite like it.......Nothing else. they were down about 20 seconds maybe.

[PigRigger]

My office just went dark - 26th and Madison

Called my wife out on LI, suffolk county, black out there too. That's a large distance - 50-60 miles worth.

[Pest]

Rolling Blackout?

[Conspiracy Guy]

Sounds series

[posterkid]

Confirm a pair of 2 second bumps about 5 seconds apart in Branford, CT... power back on now though.

[Joe Hadenuf]

He said is was a total power surge that knocked off his head phones and now reporting it's was up and down the entire east coast......

[AngryAmerican]

Sound series. Is the shower still working?

[js1138]

So is it a surge or outage? Around here outages are frequent.

[Redcloak]

Maybe the Admin Moderator is fooling around with the high voltage again.

[Moleman]

My office in Dearborn, MI just went down.

[cmsgop]

They did?

[Joe Hadenuf]

Stating power is now getting sporatic power outages around the entire NY area.....

[SolutionsOnly]

A lot of the Northeast's power comes from Canada. Is Chretien having another hissy-fit? :-)

[cmsgop]

Ok in Seattle, I'll give it a few though.....:*)

[TonyInOhio]

Odd - we had a power surge here in NW Ohio just about the same time.

Could be The Day The Earth Stood Still" all over again.

Klattu Barrada Nikto!

Tony

[InvisibleChurch]

[mombonn]

We lost power in Ingham County, too.

[Joe Hadenuf]

He's stating his headphones almost sent a charge through his head. LOL. Repeating they have never seen anything like this.

[KarlInOhio]

Hannity was just talking to his engineer and said that there were power outages all over the east coast. No details on extent. Did Gray Davis take over the whole country instead of just California?

[BellDude]

Central NJ also experienced a flicker just now...

[Frank_Discussion]

Hey, that's my car!

[Dirk McQuickly]

Hearing smoke coming from ConEd building in NY -- Power out in Toronto, too. This is second-hand

[July 4th]

Coverage on CNN now!

[Pyro7480]

Nothing down here in DC yet...

[agrace]

I'm 30 miles west of Manhattan in Somerset County NJ and we just had a very strange brown-out situation for a few seconds, both computers went dead, air conditioners, CO detector went nuts, about half the power in the house for about the length of time you describe. Very odd, not your usual brown-out at all, and I really couldn't call it a power failure.

As I'm typing this my husband called me and I'm on the phone with him, he has no power in Englewood, which is a couple miles west of the George Washington Bridge. I can hear the radio from his car in the background, he has Sean Hannity on ABC 770, everything in the area seems to be out. Wow.

He also said 1010 WINS is off the air, can't get it.

[deport]

CNN carrying it live now.... region wide it appears....

[KarlInOhio]

However SW Ohio is OK. Take that Toledo!

[Joe Hadenuf]

Power still off in many areas according callers in Westchester. Some NY radio stations reporting still down.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

Nothing in Richmond, VA - so much for up & down the east coast (I hope)

[Brian S]

I can tell you that here in Stockbridge Michigan we were hit with something right around the same time. Lansing TV and some radio stations are still off the air. Power is back on here. Was only out for about 30 seconds.

[Frank_Discussion]

That sucks.

[Joe Hadenuf]

Now reporting a lot of NY still down, power out.......

[deport]

Detroit.... Albany, Per Reuters..... Toronto, Ottawa and possible.

[ChefKeith]

Everything is fine in central Texas, so far..

[Pest]

Was it really strange, like on-off real fast for about 20 seconds or so? That's what it was like here.

[cmsgop]

MSNBC TOO

[Frank_Discussion]

Dearborn?! If connected, this story just went from series to serious.

[July 4th]

This is big. CNN confirming Albany, Detroit, Toronto...could be another biggie from Quebec.