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Power Outages Strike East Coast

Posted by pudge on from the all-hail-ups dept.

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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  1. fp by Teoti · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp! woo woot..but no one in the northeast will know...that sucks

  2. In Soviet Russia... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ... the power grid terrorizes you!

  3. Re:And California? by TedTschopp · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Screw Davis, the liberals hate him, the conservatives hate him, and this morning it was announced he was thinking about giving illeagle immagrants Drivers Licenses, something he was opposed to up until last week, I wonder whatever could have changed his mind.

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    Fantasy remains a human right; we make in our measure and in our derivative mode... -- JRR Tolkien
  4. In soviet russia you outage the power! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Or maybe the power has a human outage?
    I don't know, help!

  5. Re:Feature request by Jack+Comics · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hint: America invented the Internet, and as a result is the most prevalent country on the Internet. Hint: This is an American website, with American staff. Hint: If you don't like that, too bleeping bad. Make your own website.

    --
    "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." - Oscar Wilde
  6. In Soviet France... by El+Cabri · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The power still works, even though the heatwave has put the biggest strain ever on the grid (for lack of production, most of the electricity being nuclear, and nuclear power plant heat the water from rivers, and the upstram water is already too hot).

  7. Re:NO. NOT TERRORISM AT THIS TIME! by cloak42 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Die.

  8. In Soviet Russia... by DerecWired · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In Soviet Russia, the power grid runs you!

  9. Re:And California? by justMichael · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If we are going to get stuck with a bad actor, why not this one?

    Hell he was good enough to be in Postal2, why not governor? ;-)

    It never ceases to amaze me...

  10. SCO responsible for blackout? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I hate fucking SCO. I know, I know, there's no way we can scapegoat them for the blackout, any more than we can for AIDS, malnutrition, war, torture, pollution, ozone layer depletion, leprosy, or annoying French"men".

    But I wish we could. Fucking SCO.

  11. Re:And California? by SpaceCadetTrav · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Because he lied about the budget to get elected and ran a great mud-slinging campaign, which Californians happen to love.

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    Life in Orange County
  12. In Soviet Russia by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    YOU supply the power.

    Imagine a thousand comrades riding stationary bikes in the lower levels of the Moscow metro station.

  13. Re:Central Boston not affected by leviramsey · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    At least the Sox pulled it off in extra innings to split the series with the A's.

    This year's team just seems to do something to stop the bleeding before it gets too bad... of course, then after a couple of excellent weeks, they'll go into another dive.

    I tell you, I'd almost rather be a Cubs fan... at least with the Cubs, you don't have an expectation of them coming close to the prize.