Where were you during the Blackout of 8-14-2003?

[Link14716]

The Canadian Prime Minister is the only one giving out information, according to him, there was a lightning strike on a New York power plant and that "cascading effect" took out the power everywhere else.

I'm sitting down here in Georgia, watching the news.

[filburt1]

You know I mean no offense when I say this, but thinking that it's terrorism with absolutely no way to back yourself up is downright stupid. New York and the region has had power outages before, including ones this severe. It wasn't bin Laden then and it wasn't bin Laden this time.

Anyway, while it's unfortunate they all had to go outside in the uber heat, I did miss my Simpsons on the local FOX affiliate...thank god another channel had it on at the same time

[Attrox]

Luckily I'm a bit west of the power grid that has the outages, and safe here in St.Paul. But what I'm worried about is what will happen if this lasts into the night. There will be a ton of riots and looting, it will be horrible. Hopefully they get things up and working before then, but by the looks of it, they won't.

[Velocd]

I live near San Francisco, and heard about this power outage today on the news. Thinking it was a terrorist attack isn't completely illogical, but is quite a paranoiac jump to conclusions. Some lightening recently caused a pretty significant brush-fire (hundreds of acres) in my region.. Or, was it a terrorist attack!?

Just kidding of course.

[Tony G]

Far away, and also jumped to conclusions about it being a terrorist attack. I sooned learned my lesson..

[Chris M]

In England, safe from it

Satan

[filburt1]

Today at 03:05 AM Velocd said this in Post #24
I live near San Francisco, and heard about this power outage today on the news. Thinking it was a terrorist attack isn't completely illogical, but is quite a paranoiac jump to conclusions. Some lightening recently caused a pretty significant brush-fire (hundreds of acres) in my region.. Or, was it a terrorist attack!?

Just kidding of course.

Maybe the terrorists caused the lightning!

*runs out of the room screaming*

[noppid]

Here's a perspective that is very amusing...

http://www.msnbc.com/news/952838.asp?vts=081520031115

[Zachery]

bah now we have rolling blackouts :\

[Velocd]

Today at 08:25 PM noppid said this in Post #28
Here's a perspective that is very amusing...

http://www.msnbc.com/news/952838.asp?vts=081520031115

lol, that's great.

?9: SIT IN THE SHADE. Many Iraqis go outside when the power?s off. ?We sit in the shade,? said George Ruweid, 27, playing cards with friends on the sidewalk. Of the U.S. blackout, he said: ?I hope it lasts for 20 years. Let them feel our suffering.?

You don't say?

And this is one Americans have no trouble utilizing:

?2: USE FOUL LANGUAGE. ?When the power goes out, I curse everybody,? said Emad Helawi, a 63-year-old accountant. ?I curse God. I curse Saddam Hussein. And I curse the Americans.?

Those Iraq?s have some genuine advice!

.. :tired: