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Kitana85
08-14-2003, 05:50 PM
Have you guys heard about these? All of Detroit, Clevland, NYC, and much of Toronto and Onterio are having major power outages! All the mass tranz in Manhatten is closed, and much of NJ and CT are having power crap too!

Any of you affected by these?
PureEvil
08-14-2003, 05:51 PM
Your location thing says you live in NYC. How are you even posting this?

:hmm:
Kitana85
08-14-2003, 05:53 PM
I moved to Jersey a while ago, I just never bothered to change my profile since I'll be moving to Pennsylvania next week. And only parts of NJ are out, which is how I'm writing this.

Satisfied?
Stonecutter
08-14-2003, 06:01 PM
Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.


Suck on it east coast, suck it long, and suck it hard. No power outages in Chicago.

/me votes for Mayor Dailey.
/me sits in front of AC.
/me realizes he's going to hell.
GameKinG
08-14-2003, 06:11 PM
yay for california! Never a power problem. :sneaky:
The Germanator
08-14-2003, 06:24 PM
Well, I live in southeast pennsylvania, so I'm allright becasue there are only blackouts in northern PA and such. It's crazy watching all of these New Yorkers having to walk over the Brooklyn Bridge. sucky.
Stonecutter
08-14-2003, 06:25 PM
Oh yeah, one other thing.

lets see...... august to.....may, 9 months.

Look for a big east coast baby boom in may 2004.
GameKinG
08-14-2003, 06:26 PM
why do they have to walk over?
The Germanator
08-14-2003, 06:26 PM
why do they have to walk over?

Well, all those who take the subway are screwed, so I guess they are walking.
BlueFire
08-14-2003, 06:29 PM
Of course after I hear about this, so many people associate this to terrorism.
It sucks for the people who are stuck in subways and elevators, though.
GameKinG
08-14-2003, 07:31 PM
Yeah and those who have electric powered health support stuff. They could die.
Stonecutter
08-14-2003, 07:41 PM
Yeah and those who have electric powered health support stuff. They could die.
I'm sure hospitals have generators giving them power, anyone on oxygen machines can use O2 tanks for several hours.

If it lasts more than 24 hours, then you're looking at panic time.




Also, be on the look out for Son of Son of Sam.



Geez, I'm really going to hell.
Rndm_Perfection
08-14-2003, 08:50 PM
I'm right on the "fringe". Nothing gets past Kalamazoo!
ZebraRampage
08-14-2003, 10:23 PM
The power went out here for like 1 minute about 30 minutes before the big blackout happened. I don't know why though. Oh and I live right near Philadelphia.
CrOnO_LiNk
08-14-2003, 11:10 PM
The power went out here for like 1 minute about 30 minutes before the big blackout happened. I don't know why though. Oh and I live right near Philadelphia.

Nothing happened here in California... And I hope nothing does happen.

*knocks on wood*
GameKinG
08-14-2003, 11:20 PM
I know hospitals got back-up power, but some folk have at their own respirators or something like that at home.
Stonecutter
08-14-2003, 11:55 PM
anyone on oxygen machines can use O2 tanks for several hours.


:rolleyes:
Jonbo298
08-15-2003, 06:47 AM
It was great last night when they were showing helicopter shots of NYC in the dark.
Kitana85
08-15-2003, 07:56 AM
All the hosptials are online, however, many are complaining that the backup generators are running out of fuel. Right now I just want my dad to get home. He's stuck in NY, I guess. He never made it home last night because even if he could have walked into NJ, we live majorly too far to get home without the trains running.
ohwell...
TheGame
08-15-2003, 08:59 AM
yay for california! Never a power problem. :sneaky:
:lol:

:sneaky:
Happydude
08-15-2003, 09:23 AM
pfft...lucky pricks!!! toronto didnt have power since 4:15 PM EST till about 2:00AM EST...so me and my friends went joy riding and looked at the stars at night...they were amazing!!! you could see all of them! even the tiny ones you cant usually see, i even saw like 5 falling stars...it was cool!
DarkMaster
08-15-2003, 09:47 AM
It was the longest 16 hours and 43 minutes of my life.

I feel sorry for the people who were trapped in the mines that long.
Kitana85
08-15-2003, 10:23 AM
yippee!!! dad's home!! Now I'm just waiting for a few relitives to get back to me who live on Long Island, since the LIRR (Manhatten to LI) isnt' running
Classic Rocker
08-15-2003, 10:56 AM
Well I'm back home from staking out at a friends house. I live in NYC (Queens), I went on the roof of the houses and saw manhatten without any lights on and it's spooky as hell. Some people I knew were trapped on the subway systems. Now that has to suck
Joeiss
08-15-2003, 11:31 AM
I just got my power back right now! It has been out since around 5 or 6 pm yesterday, until 11:30 today.
Crono
08-15-2003, 04:29 PM
Well, I was gone while it happened and I just got back, but I heard about it on the radio. My area was affected too, but the power is back now.
Jason1
08-15-2003, 05:28 PM
LMAO

I couldnt help but laugh when I frist heard about this whole mess...the entire Northeast part of the country...COMPLETLY ****ED!!!

Did anybody see Conan last night? He actually did 15mins of a show with no power...it was freaking awsome...no audience, and everybody there wore their street clothes. Then he cut to a re-run.

Oh yea one other thing...I think its freaking halarious that Texas has their own power grid...Theres west...There's east...and there's Texas!!! ROFL.
Dylflon
08-15-2003, 05:49 PM
yeah. that was a great episodeof Conan. I was hoping they'd do an entire episode.
Crono
08-15-2003, 05:59 PM
Oh yea one other thing...I think its freaking halarious that Texas has their own power grid...Theres west...There's east...and there's Texas!!! ROFL.
Quebec also has it's own power grid... and I really don't see whats so funny about a smaller area having it's own power grid.
BreakABone
08-15-2003, 06:38 PM
It was a very fun 22 hours without power, no TV, no computer, no videogames, no cell phone for one reason or another. I had a blast... Gonna invest a lot into board games and playing cards now... =-D
BlueFire
08-15-2003, 07:22 PM
Quebec also has it's own power grid... and I really don't see whats so funny about a smaller area having it's own power grid.
You know Jason and his humorous antics. :rolleyes:
Mushlafa
08-15-2003, 08:08 PM
Power was out for like 25 hours... i had a pretty good time but i had a CRAZY ass night yesterday I'll sum it up real fast

First hte power went out.. then my friend got into a fight with a 40 year old lady and i had to convince her not to call the cops on him cuz hes already on probation... then there was a fire in my building and an entire apartment was trashed and we were the first ones to call the police and report it.. then we went and climbed on other peoples balconys and one person woke up and she was naked nad got pissed off at us and almost called the cops...

We played chess and a buncha card games too lotsa fun :)
Hero2
08-15-2003, 08:17 PM
Power was out for like 25 hours... i had a pretty good time but i had a CRAZY ass night yesterday I'll sum it up real fast

First hte power went out.. then my friend got into a fight with a 40 year old lady and i had to convince her not to call the cops on him cuz hes already on probation... then there was a fire in my building and an entire apartment was trashed and we were the first ones to call the police and report it.. then we went and climbed on other peoples balconys and one person woke up and she was naked nad got pissed off at us and almost called the cops...

We played chess and a buncha card games too lotsa fun :)
and too think if u where omish this would happen daily..... only just the not power probly not the other things tho unless your barn would burn down then... who knows
Dyne
08-16-2003, 01:43 AM
Luckily, I saw into the future, and moved to BC thirteen years ago! :sneaky:

When I saw this, the only thing I could think of being affected here would be the marijuana plantations in people's houses.

"Oh ****! My lamps!"

It's so funny because it's true! The house to the north of me and the house to the east of me both got busted for marijuana. I want to see them run out screaming in their underwear. :lol:
fingersman
08-17-2003, 11:26 PM
Welll the blackout caught my dad, my cousin and me in manhattan, we were near the seaport, it took us 3 hours to walk home and I didn't exactly have walking shoes , but hey it beat being stuck in an elevator or subway.

Then when we got home by the apartment building I'm staying in........it was so dark i couldn't see my hand in front my face and that was during the day and the night time ( the power outage lasted about 24 hours or so in our area)

I really felt sorry for all those people that were lost ......... and trust me alot of people were just walking and din't know where they were going, and some people really had to walk far....... so I'm grateful.

Well just a week and some days left till I return home :D I'll try to have fun and shop as much as possible and annoy BAB as much as possible!!!! :D I think I'll phone him and wake him up early tomorrow :sneaky:

Oh yeah , I didn't have gas, water or electricity either
DeathsHand
08-18-2003, 01:17 AM
Welll the blackout caught my dad, my cousin and me in manhattan

Oh... you were still in the US? I guess that explains the power outage then -.-
fingersman
08-19-2003, 10:30 AM
Yes it does......the city couldn't handle my power. :D :blowingup
GameMaster
08-19-2003, 12:23 PM
Oh yea one other thing...I think its freaking halarious that Texas has their own power grid...Theres west...There's east...and there's Texas!!! ROFL.

Could that be because NASA Mission Control is based there and they can't risk losing power?