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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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  1. 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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