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Power Outage!

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Bangor
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So, I'm chillin, playing PS2, and the power just blacks out at like 4:00pm eastern.....

So I check on like the local news websites, and then I check CNN....... turns out there are power outages from like Boston to fuckin Detroit!

Anyone know what the hell's going on?!
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Aug 14 2003 10:22PM
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*cowboy*
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Whoa!? how are you online?;-) i havent heard anything. That would be so crazy though!!
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Aug 14 2003 10:23PM
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Bangor
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Thank god for laptop batteries......

Power's still out here @ 5:00
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Aug 14 2003 10:26PM
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sugarloaf
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I live 40 min. south of boston...duxbury and we have power so go figure


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Aug 14 2003 10:27PM
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therealjerk
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no terrorists, everybody's being pretty calm... except it looks like half of Manhattan island is filing down the streets. hahaha, they look like ants! lookit em!


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Aug 14 2003 10:32PM
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skodeo7
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yo we just had a power surge too, like 30+ mins ago I would say?
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Aug 14 2003 10:43PM
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huckster989
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why the fuck are people walking down the freeway? i turned on the TV and everyone is walking. just drive jesus christ you don't need lights
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Aug 14 2003 11:09PM
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sugarloaf
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^because the subway isnt working and they dont have cars at that time. I'M SCARED!!!


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Aug 14 2003 11:11PM
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therealjerk
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ahhh, calm chaos is what they're calling it. ahaha. on another note, heres an example of how sad mass journalism has become. you go to websites right now, CNN, New York Times, other newspapers, this is at the top of the page. BUT, you go to CBS, ABC(.go.com.disney.weownyoursoul), FOX, most of their fucking page is filled with ads for their proframmin and they stick this thing down at the bottom!!!! pathetic


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Aug 14 2003 11:20PM
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Newskoolkavana
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yeah its out at some places in rochester, but yeah its wierd




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Aug 14 2003 11:26PM
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P-JO
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Yeah my dad said all those cities are linked to one main power plant and when one goes down they all follow for some reason. But thats just what my dad says, might not be right...




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Aug 14 2003 11:30PM
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Newskoolkavana
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yeah its the niagra-mowhawk plant on niagra falls, i think it services from like toranto to clevland to NYC




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Aug 14 2003 11:34PM
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Prins
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they are actually links all via the Eastern intercontinental supply grid (i believe its the isg) and so what happens is if one part of it goes down then it pulls power from another section to make the impact less. Well more then likely in this case it went to pull that power to fill some void and it jsut kept sucking power, then areas around it went out and pulled more power, until someone caught on and somehow stopped it before the whole easten USA and Canada went under. There are three grids, Eastern, Western, and Texan (which I assume does texas and some of the states right around there). Thats what I gathered from the news media so I'm not 100% on all the details.
Aug 15 2003 12:10AM
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skodeo7
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Blame canada.
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Aug 15 2003 12:26AM
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cj
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ahhah theres like 50million people walking the streets...if i were a terrorist now would be a good time...

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Aug 15 2003 12:29AM
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Freeskifro
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we had a power surge at 4:00 in michigan. whoa.


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Aug 15 2003 12:59AM
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petek
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we have the powa
so much nudity and porn on tv, i just sit there shaking my fist at it!
Aug 15 2003 1:00AM
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Cam
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ya the power is out in alot of Ontario and the northern states...i wonder how it happened?


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Aug 15 2003 1:14AM
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huckster989
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so your saying that when the subway stops working everyone walks on the freeway? what a bunch of dumbass motherfuckers!
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Aug 15 2003 1:50AM
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dave_euler
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yeah, its funny to watch on the news everyone walking everywhere. they dont have power big whop. when maine doesnt have power we dont get on the news. its ont that big a deal
Aug 15 2003 2:03AM
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wolfmansbro
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Yeah prins hit it right on the head. once one power plant goes out it takes the other ones linked to it down because it sucks off them and overloads and shuts down too. The grids are set up like he said so i think its anything west of lake michigan is safe. and those damn texans do hae there own grid, what the fuck is with those texans anyways thiking they can have there own power. BLAME THOSE DAMN CANADIANS. just kidding
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Aug 15 2003 2:36AM
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Mattman
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WTF
Aug 15 2003 2:40AM
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Mattman
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man WTF
Aug 15 2003 2:45AM
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TheProfitSkier
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everybody is using there air comditioner...not enough power to go around
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Aug 15 2003 2:54AM
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Ice-Is-Scary
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its those fucking towelhead computer hackers im tired of those mother fuckers

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Aug 15 2003 3:03AM
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Bangor
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Just an update.....

I coulden't get on NS.com as of 11:30 eastern last night cause, when the power went down in NYC, it knocked out the largest internet provider on the east coast........

it's now 6:30 the following day, and finally i can get to more than local websites!

also funny how there were about 8 more threads about the outage started after this one......
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Aug 15 2003 11:56PM
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cj
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HAHAHA serves u americans right for using electricity...


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Aug 15 2003 11:58PM
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Bangor
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cj's a fag, wha?

hahahah
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Aug 16 2003 12:18AM
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cj
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shut yo ass bitch!




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Aug 16 2003 12:23AM
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Bangor
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ahahahahahahah!!!!

cj, you're a funny guy.....
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Aug 16 2003 2:55AM
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dez22
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its the states fault GIVE US BACK OUR POWER
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Aug 16 2003 5:31AM
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wolfmansbro
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i thought it was those damn canadians that tripped the power on the niagra falls power plant
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Aug 17 2003 12:15AM
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Caden
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hooray for blackouts, darkness kills it.
Aug 17 2003 12:43AM
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Nickskier
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terrorist could pretty easily shut down the whole east coast including canada (big cities anyway) now that they know how. that shows you how low the real threat is, it takes them many years to regroup and do another attack.
Aug 17 2003 1:39AM
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gambino500014
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mmm looting.....
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Aug 17 2003 1:50AM
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*cowboy*
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hey now, this isnt iraq
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Aug 17 2003 2:13AM
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Nickskier
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baghdad hasn't had power in 3 months. that's a power outage.
Aug 17 2003 3:06AM
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XxRoSSiSCraTchxX
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has anyone ever seen canadian bacon the same thing happens in that movie that just happened now
Aug 17 2003 3:47AM
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Freeskifro
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^ that flick was on tonite. I didn't watch it. John Candy is dead.


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Aug 17 2003 4:05AM
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wolfmansbro
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Whats the difference between Canadian bacon and ham?
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Aug 17 2003 6:05AM
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