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Power Outages Strike East Coast
fordp writes "CNN, CNBC and others are reporting that major power outages are happening just after 4:00PM EDT in New York, New Jersey, Detroit, Ottawa and Toronto, Toledo." There are reports of a Con Edison transformer on fire on 14th Street in NYC, and lots of people stuck in trains and elevators. CNN is reporting that it is, according to power officials, most likely not related to terrorism, because you know you were wondering. The Niagra Mohawk power grid is overloaded, which feeds electricity throughout the northeast U.S. and into Canada. Update: 08/14 21:06 GMT by P : The mayor said there was no fire, that it was black smoke brought on by an automatic shutdown because of the power grid failure.
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If I had power I could First Post.
And in other breaking news, a great chorus of laughter could be heard clear across the country, apparently originating from California.
And we all know that black smoke streaming out of electrical equipment is perfectly normal.
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You know your a geek when your reading Slashdot during a power cut. :-D
He also said that there was no grid overload, it was just being shut down for regular maintenance.
Do you suffer from anxiety attacks when you do not read/post to Slashdot for more than a day?
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That's the problem. They let the magic smoke out.
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I always wondered what that wall switch was for and today I finally turned it off. My bad. After dinner I'll go turn it back on.
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You didn't get a UPS for your fish?
As long as it was only black smoke and not the "magic" smoke that makes all electrical and electronic devices work they should be just fine :)
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I'm in California right now, near San Francisco. All power is on across Silicon Valley. Traffic lights are functioning normally, and the BART can't hold "hundreds of thousands" of people like the NYC subway system apparently can. I'm connected through an ethernet cable to the wall on a laptop, with the power adapter plugged in.
My tropical fish also live on electricity, but they are thankfully in no danger. Regardless, I'm going to freak out like everyone else.
And will it send out white smoke when power is restored, like the election of a new pope?
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Didn't anyone notice the time the blackout happened? 4:11pm! That's 4-11! OH MY GOD! THE TERRORISTS WANT INFORMATION!
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Well, the NYSE has tons of backup generators. A friend of mine just sent an email from the floor, and she reports that at least the AC and computers are working.
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That was a great demo: "Hey, watch it shut itself down when I pull out the plug!"
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It's a higher-octane version of the magic smoke found in computer components. When something bad happens and the magic smoke leaks out, you're screwed. There must be a lot in a transformer--probably enough to fill at least 57,000 Pentium 4's. I'd hate to get the bill for that much replacement magic smoke! Maybe they can get a bunch of old 386's and siphon out and recycle their smoke... hey I deserve a patent on that idea!
there will be a baby boom next june.
Have fun folks
Oh please, won't somebody think about the children!
Blah.
inside this building there is a level where no elevator can go and no stair can reach. This level is filled with doors. These doors lead to many places, hidden places, but one door is special. One door leads to the source...etc... Now that the power is out we have only five minutes to find the door on that floor.
If downtown Boston is operating normally, then something's DEFINITELY wrong.
Apart from the ongoing Curse, of course. ;)
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
I know people in the business. They tell me that black smoke is not a documented feature of automated shutdowns.
In other words, the Mayor is shoveling bullshit.
Let's all turn on our lights at 4:13pm.... shh... don't tell anyone
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FWIW, Seattle is OK, unaffected.
Just trying to help.
The mayor said there was no fire, that it was black smoke brought on by an automatic shutdown because of the power grid failure.
Actually the smoke was from the Mayor's handlers trying to spin the fire story so as not to cause panic.....
I think it would have been better for the Mayor's minister of dis-information to have done this on television with a flaming transformer in the background.
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As a matter of fact, I am a lawyer. But I play an actor on TV.
Great...now we've done it. We Slashdotted the East Coast power grid. We're gonna get modded down BIG TIME for this.
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Hot damn! You're right! And, to think, the chance of any given date being within a month of September 11th is a whopping 1 out of 6!
That's the same chance you have of rolling a '1' on a single six-sided die!
Wow! Mind boggling improbable!
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I just got reports from Rio de Janeiro, Paris and Casablanca and they are all unaffected. Baghdad is still out but that seems to be an independent cause.
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With no power, my poor tropical fish have less than a few hours to live
Let's see... Decisions, decisions. Fish or Shashdot..., fish or Slashdot... Hmmm.
Hey! the toilet will still flush without power. Slashdot it is!
We have the livenews for the power outages back on (just like we did with all the other top stories, like the "War on Terrorism") and 9/11. It's the CNN feed.
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Let the Zionist infidels bask in their illusion, but I triple guarantee you: there are absolutely NO power problems at all in the Five Boroughs.
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