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.

[Fledermaus]

This is a good time to discuss the right to bear arms with all those small business people wanting to protect their shops and places.

[lizma]

Cleveland's full of liberals

I'd say Cleveland is full of union democrats.

Not looney and tend to ignore things... but they do have their limit.

[Consort]

"It was a sultry and humid night...."

[BureaucratusMaximus]

Could it be a prelude? Biological agents are best dispersed at night. Germs are sensitive to sunlight and heat. But the trouble is that everyone is indoors at night. How do you get a major urban population to open up their doors and windows and go outside at night? Just speculating.

I was thinking even more worse case than you; if this outage encompassed the left coast (including Wyoming/Colorado/Montana/NORAD) it'd be a good time for one our friends in the world community (sarcasm intended) to lob a few nukes our way./tinfoil off

In any right...I'm glad my A/C has been running all day and my internet connection is up...beer is quite cold in the fridge...heres to you ;)

[Joe Hadenuf]

Yeah, I just heard it's really humid....And now they are afraid of fires from millions of folks using candles.......

[MEG33]

Good to hear from a New Yorker.Glad you made it home!We were concerned about the effects of the heat.Darn it..I just don't like anything going wrong in NYC.Stay safe!

[Joe Hadenuf]

Take care.....

[ThirdMate]

Several networks are reporting that the con-ed headquarters have no lights. How come con-ed has no back up power? How can they deal with a situation like this without back up power?

[Diddle E. Squat]

Don't turn on CNN. Bill Richardson is starting the DNC spin. Long interview(and they are going to bring him back for more) where he talks about how "When I was Energy Secretary" he was Jeremiah warning the country of this for years, how lucky we are that it wasn't a terrorist attack, how unprepared we were, implication, innuendo, implication, innuendo...

[Fledermaus]

Ah crap. Bloomberg to give another press conference. Maybe reminding people not to smoke?

[Dr. Eckleburg]

Stating, "we will find out what caused the blackout..."

"...and keep it to ourselves, telling you the system over-loaded and lightning struck Niagra Falls.

And if we don't buy that, it was either the Cubans or the Russians or the mob with a single bullet while using Acutane."

[Monty22]

That would still be suicide, the boomers I'm sure are on alert.

[oceanview]

they likely have no real "control center" there, just a showplace. the real centers have power, you can be sure of that.

[Petronski]

And if we don't buy that, it was either the Cubans or the Russians or the mob with a single bullet while using Acutane."

Oh God! When will the Acutane reign of death finally end?

[Fledermaus]

He's such a blowhard. If he spent half that energy keeping our nuclear secrets out of chi-com hands then he could talk.

[Chad Fairbanks]

I still say that a bird or lightening struck the Center Fuel Tank at the power plant. THat's my theory, and I'm sticking to it...

[hole_n_one]

[Ex-Dem]

Somewhat random question, but is Leno going to be on tonight? I assume so, since he probably broadcasts out of NBC's LA bureau.

I better not be seeing a "Breaking News" bulletin cutting into my show! I'd love to see what Leno does with this story.

[Petronski]

Static discharge! Yeah, that's the ticket!

[NeoCaveman]

Of course, if it doesn't happen, I'll be very happy, too...

I know. So more Charisma Carpenter for you!

Cheers