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    whoa! major power outage

    I work in retail and about 50 stores just dropped all power between new york city and columbus.. have not seen anything on CNN or anywhere yet but something is going on.

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    BREAKING NEWS: Northeast US & Canada With No Power

    Tune in CNN

    My God, people are stuck in subways (there are hundreds of thousands of them there) in tunnels with no lights, no air conditioning, no air supply...

    Also, I'm not really clear as to how on Earth one power plant (Niagara) can cause this massive outgage? Is it treally the one supplying power to all those huge cities? Doesn't make any sense.
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    The plant is on fire, which measns they won't fix it quickly.

    Airports are out.

    I wonder how long NY hosts can hold like this.
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    Clevelend, New York, Ottawa, Toronto... to name a few! Wow.

    Hope its not a terrorist act. How can a power plant ever catch fire with so many protective shields and systems it has?
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    Originally posted by Artashes
    The plant is on fire, which measns they won't fix it quickly.

    I wonder how long NY hosts can hold like this.
    How do YOU know? Nobody (CNN, BBC, US Officials, etc..) knows.

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    edit, blah.
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    Any details, yet? I can't get to a TV right now.
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    Originally posted by microsol
    How do YOU know? Nobody (CNN, BBC, US Officials, etc..) knows.
    Was announced 6 minutes ago by some affiliate reporter at CNN. Then the connection was lost with her.
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    You are too slow. Why not reading other threads about it before posting ANOTHER one?
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    Ouch... doesn't seem like people are going crazy about it on the news... hmm
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    Originally posted by microsol
    How do YOU know? Nobody (CNN, BBC, US Officials, etc..) knows.
    It's all on the news here. Bush has been breifed.
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    crap im switching on my red strobe light....
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    I am referring to the plant on fire. ONE plant OBVIOUSLY doesn't power all those cities, leave alone NY only.

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    Has anyone seen the pictures yet? They say thousands walk out on streets...

    Man, imagine the traffic......
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    So its confirmed to NOT be a terrorist act?
    I thank my Lord for all His wonderful blessings.

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    Noone knows yet... hard to believe that one plant DOES give power to all of NY and detroit and all that.
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    CNN just said Niagara Mohawk grid overloaded, not terrorist related...

    We'll see.

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    Originally posted by OKIHost
    Umm.. I started my post before either of those were posted, but I do apologize for being such and inconvenience to you and I will work on perfecting my my posting skills asap.
    You must type very slow. But I don't wonder.. without light

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    Niagra got overloaded, killed all the powergrids close to it. ConEd Power plant shut down automatically to not get killed, its NOT on fire. They can't start it up again or it WILL get killed. It'll take some time though. until then, use a generator.
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    Niagara Mohawk, you're fired.

    lol

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    CNN said a transformer was on fire in Manhattan. That's probably where the fire aspect came from.
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    http://edition.cnn.com/2003/US/08/14...age/index.html

    Not much yet, but it explains the fire part:

    "A Con Edison transformer on East 14th Street in Manhattan was afire, CNN learned."

    *edit* Bah, you two beat me to it.
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