Power out in NY and elsewhere?

[Proteus_MST]

Originally posted by mrmitchell
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Sounds pretty bad, but they don't mention the doomsday stuff like "power plant in flames."

Yep, Bloomberg told,
that people might have mistaken the Clouds which were created after the Boilers of the Powerplant had to be emptied for Clouds from a fire

[Peter Triggs]

New York news organizations say locals are in good spirits and some are comparing the event to a similar massive power outage in the mid 1960s.

I remember that. Nine months later there was a large jump in the births data.

[mrmitchell]

I remember that. Nine months later there was a large jump in the births data.

[badams52]

Originally posted by Japher
??? it's mostly silicone and bow-tox I thought

I think you might be thinking of Hollywood

[badams52]

Originally posted by Peter Triggs
I remember that. Nine months later there was a large jump in the births data.

http://www.snopes.com/pregnant/blackout.htm

Just doin my part to fight the urban legends...

[Odin]

It wasn't an accedent, it is the beginning of the Communist Revolution.

[Peter Triggs]

I stand corrected. Another urban legend bites the dust.

[Proteus_MST]

The Translator for n-tv in Germany
translated the "Dominoeffect" in Bloombergs Speech with
"Dominaeffect"

[Sprayber]

Originally posted by cinch
Well, at least people seem to be keeping under control and not going nuts:

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?There was no real sense of panic,? Nichol said. He said traffic in the downtown streets was normal for the time of day, unlike New York, where panicked residents jammed the highways in cars and on foot.. *****************************************

My compliments to the drivers in Ottawa and Toronto for seemingly keeping things running as smoothly as possible.

Where did they get the idea that New Yorkers were panicked? From what I am seeing on TV they all seem pretty calm. All things considered, New Yorkers are taking it in stride..

[Sava]

yeah, big story... it sucks to be in NY right now... the Brooklyn bridge is covered with pedestrians.

I'm hearing reports about *******s raising prices on ice, batteries, and candles... shame on some people...

As usual, I'm safe in my suburban Chicago home.

[mrmitchell]

Hey, that's capitalism for you. If they can raise the price of goods, more power to 'em, the theiving bastards.

[Dr Strangelove]

On Yahoo they're blaming it on excessive power demand. That's weird. This has been one of the coolest summers I've ever experienced.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Interestingly in Southern Jersey the power flickered off for like a few seconds around 4:10ish, when the NorthEast started to go offline. So it hit us briefly as well.

Apparently there is talk that it may have started in Ohio, Michigan, or Canada, and like 9 power plants went down in 3 minutes (from overflows due to a plant going down, I guess).

[Imran Siddiqui]

This has been one of the coolest summers I've ever experienced.

It was pretty hot today in the North East, Doc. I commented on it to my co-workers at lunch today.

[:) Smiley]

Same thing happened here in central NJ (Union County).

Ya'd think they would of fixed the problem of chain reaction power outages after that time in the 60's, but noooo... If I recall it was a similar place similar problem that caused that one. #^$ Canucks. Zylka....