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Massive Power Outage on US East Coast

once i heard the power was out in the city, i was thinking of all the looting, but the only looting that was reported was a foot locker in i think brooklyn.
i like it when people all come together like this in times of need:)
 
I was impressed by the orderly fashion that the blackout was handled. The police, fire, a citizens helping each other. Planning and practice really essential to avoid a tragedy.
 
I'll tell my Blackout story. It's kinda funny. I was on a tech call at a customer's apartment in the East Village. We were in the middle of installing RAM in his PowerMac and the whole place just shut down. He thought I did it. I was like "wtf?". I checked the breakers and they were fine. We finally opened the door to the hall and the place was pitch black. Then one of the neighbors informed us of how serious the situation was. I split immediately (without getting paid:mad:) and made my way down the dark stairway to the street. Rushed to a deli, bought a gallon of water and some Pop Tarts and just started walking. I would up walking from 20 Street all the way down and over the Williamsburg Bridge and into Brooklyn. Oh yeah, I was wearing flip-flops:rolleyes:. Just a bad day. I feel horrible for all the people who were stuck in the subway cars. Glad nobody was hurt. As for the looting thing, I have to admit when I was walking over that bridge I thought "why couldn't I have been in the Apple Store when the power went out...".
 
Originally posted by bennetsaysargh
once i heard the power was out in the city, i was thinking of all the looting, but the only looting that was reported was a foot locker in i think brooklyn.
i like it when people all come together like this in times of need:)
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I lootes a street sign, devilish me... :rolleyes:
Acually I doubt its a street sign, I just found it on the ground, so I'm putting it up in my room.

hehe...
 
ugh . the last day or so was pretty hellish.
no power/ water/ food/ cash.

waiting in lines to use debit machines and to buy bread and water sucks!
 
Originally posted by mactastic
This article is hilarious! Suggestions from Iraqi's on how to deal with the power outages (which they have plenty of experience with).

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Funny thing about the Iraqi power outages...

After the Gulf War, Saddam Hussein got power back up in 2 months or less, I think. Yet with our massive technological capabilities, we STILL haven't gotten the power back up.

For all his many, many failings, at least Hussein was able to bring about a quasi-return to normalcy after his country had been attacked by us--using only the resources therein. Using our own resources and that of other nations, we have had trouble getting the country up and running. Tells you something about the quality of this occupation, eh?

But I guess Baby Bush has an excuse. After all, he ravaged Iraq's infrastructure far more brutally than his father. But wait, is that a good thing?
 
Alright, now that the power is back on, and everyone is ok, all of us on the West Coast need to know, in keeping with the tradition of other blackouts, how many of you will be expecting trips to the delivery room nine months from now? :eek: :D
 
I live in Cleveland (where investigators believe the problem originated).

My power went off around 4:15 pm and didn't return until 5:01 am early next morning.
 
My hope is that they will investigate this situation thoroughly. That they will come up with concrete solutions to fix the problem. Not to just try political bandaids!
 
the problem is everything is antiquated. the stuff is from the 60s with 50s technology. but eventually we will have stuff from 2000s with 2000s technology, and it will not suffice a few decades from now. we will never be ok because new stuff will be old eventually.
 
I heard an expert on the power industry yesterday on the radio. He is concerned that the US government can't find the cause of the blackout. In his opinion, the longer it goes with no answer the more likely that some kind of terrorism occurred. It would be easy for someone with knowledge to enter the power grids computers and set the outage in motion. I found this opinion to be very scarey, showing just how vulnerable we are!
 
Originally posted by wdlove
I heard an expert on the power industry yesterday on the radio. He is concerned that the US government can't find the cause of the blackout. In his opinion, the longer it goes with no answer the more likely that some kind of terrorism occurred. It would be easy for someone with knowledge to enter the power grids computers and set the outage in motion. I found this opinion to be very scarey, showing just how vulnerable we are!
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well, the relative competence or incompetence of the u.s. government at discovering what was the cause of these blackouts has no bearing on the chance that this was terrorism. Either it was terrorism or not, and if we never find out how this happened, that fact will remain.

However, that person you heard was right that it would increase the chance of whether people THINK this was a terrorist attack. And I frankly don't think that the Bush administration would mind all that much if people did think that. It takes the focus off of the botched war in Iraq, it makes it easier for energy plan to go through (update the grid or be susceptible to terrorists!), and it adds fuel to the fire that is Bush's war on terrorism.

Just speculation, really, but I don't think Bush would mind the American people being a little afraid. I know Ashcroft wouldn't. Next, he'll be shackling everyone who isn't a good Church-going Christian.
 
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