Power Out!

[todd philip]

DAMN my power is acting funny, i live in conn, AND NEW YORK CITY IS A TOTAL BLACK OUT!!!

:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

[Kris Hodgson]

New York is blacked out? When did this happen?

[tedward]

DONT PANIC!

[todd philip]

Originally posted by Kris Hodgson
New York is blacked out? When did this happen?

PUT ON YPUR TV!!!!

[IdahoMR2man]

But if you do panic, throwing yourself off a bridge is the best way to take care of it.

[WebMonkey]

..That or hide under the stairs with your fingers in your ears.

[southern]

Originally posted by IdahoMR2man
But if you do panic, throwing yourself off a bridge is the best way to take care of it.
http://www.boardy.de/images/smilies/lachtot.gif

[tedward]

http://www.ctnow.com/news/custom/newsat3/sns-ap-power-outage,0,274093.story?coll=hc-headlines-newsat3

[IdahoMR2man]

Sooooooo glad I don't live in NY. I was just watching it on the news. TONS of people are everywhere. And it's like 5 o'clock there. Might as well just sleep in your office because you ain't going home....

[tedward]

yeh worst time of the day for it to happen to, 5pm home time.


nine/ten posts in and no conspiracy theories yet?

[Kris Hodgson]

Holy Christ! It's 90 degrees, and air conditioners will all be screwed. Anyone thinking its another attack? Why would there be a blackout this massive?

[tedward]

it stretches to canada apparently.

no explanation yet

maybe its that virus

maybe its aliens

maybe its terrorists as you said

oo the mind wonders.

its probably just because too many people were using air cons,

[Kris Hodgson]

Well Detroit practically is in Canada, so I don't doubt it.

[IdahoMR2man]

Zombies. Definately the zombies.

[Go to hell.]

Go to hell.

[southern]

jarbacca?

*am now glad i don't live in the north*

[Go to hell.]

Originally posted by southern
jarbacca?

*am now glad i don't live in the north* who the ****ing hell is jarbacca. dumbass *****es.

[todd philip]

THIS IS REMINDING ME OF THE ENDING OF TERMINATOR 3!

[JimmyDean]

I think I just saw LadyFireFly walking down the street! Heh, I jest... I hope you're ok, sweetie!

[IdahoMR2man]

Welp they are saying it wasn't terrorism now.

[jorich]

MSNBC reports a fire disabled a NY power plant. This has resulted in a chain reaction in which electricity from a nearby power grid is transferred over to try and make-up for the deficiency in NY. The buck keeps getting passed, resulting in massive rolling black-outs across the Northeast. We in California are quite familiar with the nuisance...

[IdahoMR2man]

I remember when there was that huge black out the day Indepence Day opened. Everyone thought that it was a promotion for the movie.

[WebMonkey]

Originally posted by Go to hell.
who the ****ing hell is jarbacca. dumbass *****es.


Banned Much?

[Citizen Kane]

Originally posted by JimmyDean
I think I just saw LadyFireFly walking down the street! Heh, I jest... I hope you're ok, sweetie!

Man, that's right. And then Ty lives up in Toronto...Shoot, hope they're Ok

[Kris Hodgson]

My brother is in Ottawa, and CNN reported that it may even be stretching up there.

[Citizen Kane]

Oh, gosh.

They're saying it isn't terrorists, but this is pretty massive for a blackout.

I don't think I've seen anything like this of this magnitude in my life.

[todd philip]

how old are you, five? ;)

[WebMonkey]

BBC News:

Power failures hit US and Canada


Many took to the streets after the power went off
Major cities in the United States and Canada have been affected by unexplained power failures.
Power blackouts were reported in the New York metropolitan area and Detroit, as well as in Toronto and Ottawa, authorities said.

The BBC's David Bamford in Washington said the whole of central New York and the city's three airports are without power and people are trapped in lifts and underground trains across the city.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg told Americans watching CNN that there was "no evidence" that terrorism was to blame.

The US Department of Homeland Security says it is investigating the cause of the blackouts, which is not yet clear.

Mr Bloomberg said: "I can tell you 100 percent sure that there is no evidence as of this moment whatsoever of any terrorism."

Traffic chaos

He urged New Yorkers to make their own way homes.

"It may be well into the evening before power comes back on," he said.


The mayor added that smoke from a Consolidated Edison plant in the city was due to the plant's automatic shutdown, not to a fire, as had been reported.

Thousands of people have gone onto the streets to see what is happening and roads are gridlocked as traffic lights have failed.

Power to hospitals and prisons also reported to have failed but are working on back-up generators.

Affected cities include Detroit in Michigan as well as Cleveland and Toledo in Ohio and Toronto and Ottawa in Canada.

There were reports of outages in New Jersey and Connecticut as well.

A New York state official also told CNN the Niagara Mohawk power grid was overloaded.

[tedward]

I heard it started in canada.

Something simmilar happened where Im from (Perth - tiny city about a tenth the size of new york) the city and the entire metropolitan area was blacked out - becuase it rained. It had been dry for so long heaps of dust built on the power lines and when it eventually rained it shorted everything out.

[Citizen Kane]

It probably is the grid, it's just odd that it's never happened before...

[Dogbert0228]

The Niagra-Mohawk power grid was overloaded, afffecting much of the northeast. Here's the article from CNN.

Cities affected include New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Toronto and Ottawa, Canada. The power outage occurred shortly after 4 p.m.

State officials said the Niagara-Mohawk power grid was overloaded. The grid provides power for New York and stretches into Canada. The officials said the outage is likely a natural occurrence and not related to terrorism.

"It's probably a natural occurrence which [struck] the power system up there," Mayor Michael Bloomberg told CNN. "The good news is, Con Ed's facilities have shut down automatically, which they're programmed to do." Consolidated Edison is the New York area power company.

Black smoke coming from a power station on East 14th Street "was a natural thing," Bloomberg said. "No damage was done to the Con Ed facilities," he said.

A statement from the Department of Homeland Security said, "The department is working with state and local officials an the energy sector to determine the cause of the outage and what response may need to be taken."

Much of Midtown Manhattan and Wall Street was shut down. All area airports and the Long Island Railroad were also affected.

The Federal Aviation Administration grounded planes at all three New York area airports and in Cleveland because the blackout affected security screening facilities. The FAA reported planes also were grounded at the Toronto airport. The airports were operating on backup power, officials said.

Bloomberg said it was unknown how long the outage may last.

The New York City Police Department said a number of people were trapped in elevators. Thousands of people could be seen leaving buildings and walking into the streets. New York subways were reported stopped and people were trapped in the cars.

"We are going to have a situation where people are going to have to walk a long distance. They need to be careful," Bloomberg said. "Our advice is to go home, open up your windows, drink a lot of liquids."

[Scarlet spidey]

This is crazy..

[tedward]

Originally posted by Dogbert0228


"We are going to have a situation where people are going to have to walk a long distance.

A concept thats completely alien to most americans - probably why they are walking down the middle of those bridges/highways.

[Kris Hodgson]

Originally posted by tedward
I heard it started in canada.


Oh sure, blame it on Canada. Mad Cow started in Canada, Blackout started in Canada, Terrorists come to the States from Canada. :rolleyes:

[Dogbert0228]

It is a big deal because it has affected such a large and important area, but it is nothing to worry about. Sure, there are going to be a few long-lasting problems, but everyone is working hard to get the problem solved. I agree it is strange it has never ocurred before, but I'm glad it happened post-9/11 when everyone is a bit more prepared for something like this. The downside is all the speculation of people of the cause. People need to calm down and get all the facts before speculation runs wild....

[IdahoMR2man]

Times have changed,
our kids are getting worse
They won't obey their parents they just wan't to fart and curse

Mrs. Marsh: Should we blame the government?
Ms. Cartman: Or blame society?

Boys fathers: Or should we blame the images on TV?

Sheila(Kyle's mom):
No,blame Canada, blame Canada
With all thier beedy little eyes have packed thier heads so full of lies, blame Canada, blame Canada,
we need to form a full assault its canadas fault

Mrs. Marsh: Don't blame me for my son Stan he saw the darn cartoon and now he's off to join the klan

Ms. Cartman: And my boy Eric once had my picture on his shelf but now when I see him he tells me to **** myself

Shelia: Well? Blame Canada, blame Canada, it seems that everythings gone wrong since Canada came along, blame
Canada, blame Canada

Copy shop attendent:They're not even a real country anyway

Mrs. McCormick:
My son could have been a doctor or a lawyer rich and true instead he burned up like a piggy on a barbeque

Crowd: Should we blame the matches? Should we blame the fire?
Or the doctors who allowed him to expire

Sheila: Heck no, blame Canada, blame Canada, with all their hockey hollabaloo

Ms. Cartman: And that ***** Ann Murray too

Everyone: Blame Canada, shame on Canada, for the smut we must stuff the trash we must stash the laughter and **** must all be undone we must blame them the cause of fuss before
somebody thinks of blaming us

[Kris Hodgson]

I knew that was coming. Bastard.

[IdahoMR2man]

Well...duh.

[Longshanks]

I guess George pushed the wrong button...

[Kris Hodgson]

Just got off the phone with my brother in Ottawa. He called from his cell phone, so that still works. Ottawa is completely without power. The entire city is shut down.

[Dogbert0228]

From CNN:

The Niagra-Mohawk power grid was overloaded.

Cities affected include New York; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Toronto and Ottawa, Canada. The power outage occurred shortly after 4 p.m.

"We are going to have a situation where people are going to have to walk a long distance. They need to be careful," Bloomberg said. "Our advice is to go home, open up your windows, drink a lot of liquids."

I bet he's drinking a lot of liquids... His first big crisis as mayor and that's all he can say... What a lame-ass... I want Guiliani...

[cg124]

Originally posted by Go to hell.
who the ****ing hell is jarbacca. dumbass *****es.

ok. so how many post do you think you'll get before getting banned?

[Coming Soon!]

I guess they forgot to tell FoxNews.com about the power outtage. No coverage at all on the site at this minute;
http://www.foxnews.com/

[Kris Hodgson]

Man, talk about dropping the ball.

[Coming Soon!]

well, I just found they're headquartered there. But you would think that people could login to the site worldwide and update.

[JBond]

They're too busy working on Temptation Island 4.

[Varian]

sucks to be those people

[JBond]

True words of wisdom

[Link]

Oh good, I can watch the Simpsons tonight then.

[The Insider]

* whistles the X-Files theme *

[Scarlet spidey]

Originally posted by Coming Soon!
I guess they forgot to tell FoxNews.com about the power outtage. No coverage at all on the site at this minute;
http://www.foxnews.com/ They probubly couldn't access their page to edit it;)

[EnderDeschain]

I bet there's some genius in Hollywood right now with a little light-bulb floating over his head (oh, the irony). Pretty much what this means is there will be a remake of Blackout coming out soon.

[Kyle Katarn]

Interesting....where's Alien this evening? ;)

[thebtskink]

I know that this wasn't a terrorist attack, but I would seriously recommend having the national guard on duty in cities like NYC where people flocking to the streets could easily be attacked with a chemical or biological weapon.

Never telling how some asshat's gonna take advantage of stuff.

[hpk37067]

They took off that entire lightning thing and now have no clue how it happened. And why are so many places affected? That must mean multiple failures.

[slinger]

Two weeks ago the power went out city wide. It made a clockwise sweep and 80% of the traffic signals was out. It was all due to one station. Slowly the power came back on, only last an hour but it was a hot day.

As always I enjoy the having the advantage of having Canadian and American news coverage.

[thebtskink]

Heh... Conan O'Brien went ahead and taped his show during the outage. Looks like a funny episode tonight.

[slinger]

I was looking forward to TDS w/Jon Stewart's interview with Hillary. The biggest political name they've gotten ever and the power goes out. Monday should be good.

[_manuel_]

People arent being allowed into the marriot marquis(sp?) and they are forced to sleep on the street.

Does anybody know if there has been any looting yet?

[TyRoss]

Yes I lived through this. Gradually their getting things back online. Funny part is even though our actuall power was one of the first back on (thank God) I couldn't get on the net to any US websites... I guess the connecting server is somewhere in New York.

[Stark]

Yeah, I heard about this on the news.

[slinger]

Originally posted by _manuel_
People arent being allowed into the marriot marquis(sp?) and they are forced to sleep on the street.

Does anybody know if there has been any looting yet?

Just outside Ottawa I heard, but cops are taking control.

Update:
http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2003/08/14/stateofemerg030814

[Dogbert0228]

Originally posted by JBond
They're too busy working on Temptation Island 4.

Too true... Fox and Rupert Murdoch = :evil:

(the only good thing Fox hasn't killed is The Simpsons, because they know that The Simpson's are their last shread of credibity...)

[LadyFireFly]

Thank ****ing christ that the power is back on. That was one of the longest nights of my life. I live in New York and the power was out since 4:00 pm, and it was hot as HE11 in this house. I was hanging with my mom in the car blasting AC and playing cards to keep my sanity. And my friends were kind enough to call and amuse me, figuring (correctly) that I'd be bored senseless.

Here's to hoping that's the last black-out in a longgg time!

[Laterose]

I was asleep on my couch and at like twelve at night every turned on and I was blasted awake by the TV. I was dancing all over the house shouting, "We've got power! We've got power!"

[equipe]

We got our power back at around 4am. But it didn't matter all I could hear were sirens all night, so I wasn't rudely awakend.

[tedward]

Sounds cool - you guys just lived through the biggest power cut on earth - to date.

[Laterose]

really?

[tedward]

Probbably - thats how the press is billing it anyway.

[Laterose]

I wouldn't be surprised. It was freaky.

[Marvin Nash]

Why was everyone in the streets? Was there like a biohazard warning or something or was it just the subways? I didn't understand that.

[Laterose]

I don't know....

[Slipknot]

Originally posted by Marvin Nash
Why was everyone in the streets? Was there like a biohazard warning or something or was it just the subways? I didn't understand that.

u jackass... they had to get home on the Ferry or take the walk across the Brooklin Bridge, they only had 2 options... thats why the streets were mobed with people.

[Laterose]

be nice.

[Marvin Nash]

I see. Thanks Slipknot. It just seemed odd that's all.

[Slipknot]

ya, it was odd, but it was a crazy down there in Manhatten.

[Laterose]

I can imagine

[Kris Hodgson]

Originally posted by Laterose
I was asleep on my couch and at like twelve at night every turned on and I was blasted awake by the TV. I was dancing all over the house shouting, "We've got power! We've got power!"

:nono: Always turn everything off in a power outage. When the system comes back on, have thousands or millions of appliances and electronic devices all turn back on at once can re short out the network, and you're right back where you started.

[Laterose]

My brother left the lights and the TV on. I actually wasn't home when the power went out.

[Tim37ninjageniu]

Here in NC we lost power for over a week in the middle of an ice storm. Brances were down everywhere and we a huge branch fell down in my dad's car. People were dying because of road conditions, lack of heat, or CO2 poisoning. I couldn't care less about the power outage in New York.

[TyRoss]

There are still outages in several places. For example while I have power here in Burlington Hamilton which is close by does not yet. Seeing as my work is in Hamilton and has closed down while the powers out I hope it's out all weekend ;)

[Seraph333]

Yeah, the power keeps going on and off here in Ontario.

[BaMBbLeS]

My power never actually went out here in Ohio... the only thing that wasn't working in our house was the internet...

But soon after the fact, since we get our water from Cleveland, they were warning us that the water would go out. So me and my mom were filling up pans of water before it happened... stores were running out of bottled water... I heard on the news that one place was selling three gallons for $40!!!

It's crazy. Waters back on now. but we have a boil alert until 12 on sunday... yeah.

[hpk37067]

Nothing exciting ever happens in TN. Unless you count tornadoes.

[southern]

thanks but those were enough