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Power outages across northen America
MSNBC ^ | 08/14/03

Posted on 08/14/2003 1:36:22 PM PDT by bedolido

Major power outages are reported in major U.S. and Canadian cities, including New York City, New Jersey, Toronto and Detroit.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: across; america; northen; outages; power
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1 posted on 08/14/2003 1:36:23 PM PDT by bedolido
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To: bedolido
Holy crap! I didn't even know Gray Davis was visiting those areas.
2 posted on 08/14/2003 1:38:21 PM PDT by John Jorsett
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To: bedolido
Brace yourselves, folks. This may be terrorism. Heck, I don't know, but it sure looks suspicious!
3 posted on 08/14/2003 1:38:33 PM PDT by Humidston (Do not remove this tag under penalty of law)
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To: Humidston
Sean Hannity just said there was a fire in some main tranformer station
4 posted on 08/14/2003 1:39:09 PM PDT by bedolido (None of us is as dumb as all of us!)
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To: bedolido
The grid is getting griddle by the heat.
5 posted on 08/14/2003 1:39:21 PM PDT by Russell Scott (A liberal believes a lie is truth, and is easily influenced by the Father of Lies, Satan)
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To: bedolido
I hope it's some innocent thing such as a freak accident. On the other hand....

Just call me paranoid, LOL!
6 posted on 08/14/2003 1:41:00 PM PDT by Humidston (Do not remove this tag under penalty of law)
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To: Russell Scott
This is both hugh and series!!!
7 posted on 08/14/2003 1:41:29 PM PDT by Camerican
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To: bedolido
please post updates as you hear them. i am in the toledo,ohio, area and ALL stations, radio and television, are off the air. in addition, there is no cell phone service. i am typing this on a laptop with a landline, the old way. we don't know what the heck is going on. it's GREAT to have a hand powered radio, which i do, but NO ONE IS ON THE AIR!!!! this is VERY scary, i must say!
8 posted on 08/14/2003 1:41:38 PM PDT by wildwood
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To: Humidston
People were asked not to run anything other that airconditioners during the day, guess they did not listen and now must suffer the consequence...
9 posted on 08/14/2003 1:41:54 PM PDT by NTW64
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To: bedolido
Wonder whether this has any connection with the computer virii that have been spreading recently.

I remember the summer before 9-11-01 that there was a rash of computer viruses. I contracted 2 different ones that June and August.

This power outage is covering a very extensive area.
10 posted on 08/14/2003 1:42:57 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: wildwood
Fire at Con Edison plant in NYC
chaos on streets of NYC
11 posted on 08/14/2003 1:43:14 PM PDT by conservativefromGa (www.awbansunset.com)
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To: wildwood
are you sure you are logged in?
12 posted on 08/14/2003 1:43:22 PM PDT by ctlpdad (When life hands you lemons, ask for Tequila & salt)
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To: Russell Scott
What heat? I'm in NC and we're having the coldest summer I've seen in 20 years... the most rain also. It might be 85 out today and it's usually around 100 this time of year.

Even cooler further north.

13 posted on 08/14/2003 1:43:27 PM PDT by dfrussell
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To: bedolido
Yep, ConEd fire. Detroit airport closed, all five boroughs in NYC without power. We flickered alot here in NJ but so far we still have power.Gonna be a long,hot night...
14 posted on 08/14/2003 1:44:00 PM PDT by capydick ("We are still masters of our fate. We are still captain of our souls.")
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To: bedolido
The Hartford, Connecticut area seems to be okay. About 10 after 4 the lights dimmed briefly but that was all.I hear, though, that the western part of the state is out.
15 posted on 08/14/2003 1:44:21 PM PDT by PaulJ
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To: dfrussell
Hannity just said all New York airports are shutdown... subways and trains as well.
16 posted on 08/14/2003 1:44:45 PM PDT by bedolido (None of us is as dumb as all of us!)
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To: bedolido
I guess its time to start looting...
17 posted on 08/14/2003 1:44:47 PM PDT by evolved_rage (Davis is a POS!)
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To: bedolido
I am old enough to remember the great blackout of 1965, that was big. This could be bigger.
18 posted on 08/14/2003 1:44:55 PM PDT by Radix
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To: TomGuy
Shades of the day the light went out. I have had a couple of power interuptions this afternoon. I would really like more information is the area contiguous as in one failure spread or is it simultaneous or roughly so and spread out over differnent secitions of the grid?
19 posted on 08/14/2003 1:45:04 PM PDT by harpseal (Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown)
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To: bedolido
Does this mean another baby boom ???
20 posted on 08/14/2003 1:45:35 PM PDT by HEY4QDEMS
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