Power Out Across Northeast

Strygun · 2003-08-14, 03:45 PM

Just after 4pm EST, power went out in many of the big northeastern towns, including NY, Detriot, Cleveland, Toledo, Toronto, etc etc etc...

No one knows why, but NY is having looters, fires, and fights on the street.

Tune into CNN or MSNBC or something, this is interesting.

EineBeBoP · 2003-08-14, 03:46 PM

lol srtygun, your getting lazy

I've been watching this for a bit, and you JUST posted it?

somebody needs to hit that F5 button on wnn.com more!
J/K

yeah, it is interesting. do they think its a terrorist attack, or just a freak accident?

Spider · 2003-08-14, 03:47 PM

hmmm excellent my plan is working.... crap!

Mr1337Duck · 2003-08-14, 04:08 PM

They think the Niagra-Mohawk power grid went offline.

firecrackerNC · 2003-08-14, 04:14 PM

Damn im in Cleveland and was driving home from work and saw 4-5 accidents already,im on my labtop so i can still come here,but dude anyone seen T3? mabey this is skynet and terminators are gonna kill us and nukes drop on us,hell,it could happen........

Kaltagesta · 2003-08-14, 04:16 PM

firecracker, you have like some huge WAN?

how can you connect to the net from a lappy while driving?

Lexington_Steele · 2003-08-14, 04:22 PM

Thanks for the heads up!

NCG JMan · 2003-08-14, 04:31 PM

Damn. That sucks. They say it's not a terrorist attack. Imagine being the one in/on the subway. Here's what CNN reports:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/08/14/pow...age/index.html

Navaron · 2003-08-14, 04:39 PM

What the hell is everyone just standing around for?

Kaltagesta · 2003-08-14, 05:08 PM

everyones job requires power.

no power = no jobs = no need to go to work. but still, i dunnp why they are all stabding out there.

Lonehunter · 2003-08-14, 05:11 PM

Is it still out?

Strygun · 2003-08-14, 05:19 PM

yes

Onizuka · 2003-08-14, 05:30 PM

so glad i dont live in nyc.

�io · 2003-08-14, 05:39 PM

1- They aren't standing around. Some have no clue how to get home without subway system, the others know how but have to walk since subways are out.

2- Strygun what's your source? I've heard every that there was no looting or fires in NYC(well reported yet).

3-As of now they do not think it's a terrorist attack, for unknown reasons there was a power failure in a southern canada or new york system that caused a cascade effect and shut down the entire grid. Currently they are restarting the system bit by bit as it is a slow and complex procedure and "with a lot of luck power will be back up tonight".

Revolver · 2003-08-14, 06:31 PM

Originally posted by �io
"with a lot of luck power will be back up tonight".

That's what they said after Hurricane Andrew down here. And it only took 'em 4-5 months.