BLACKOUT!!! in NYC, Eastern Canada, etc.
 

from cnn.com
I feel bad for all of those people there and the peeps we got on the forums that live there wont be able to respond to this right now.
Major power outage hits New York, other large cities
NEW YORK (CNN) -- A major power outage simultaneously struck dozens of cities in the United States and Canada late Thursday afternoon.

Cities affected include New York; Boston, Massachusetts; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Toronto and Ottawa, Canada. The power outage occurred shortly after 4 p.m.

State officials said the Niagara-Mohawk power grid was overloaded. The grid provides power for New York and stretches into Canada. The officials said the outage is a natural occurrence and not related to terrorism.

Much of Midtown Manhattan and Wall Street was shut down. All area airports and the Long Island Railroad were also affected.

The Federal Aviation Administration grounded planes at all three New York area airports because the blackout affected security screening facilities. The FAA reported planes also were grounded at the Toronto airport. The airports were operating on backup power, officials said.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg confirmed the outage was not related to terrorism or an accident.

"The good news is, Con Ed's facilities have shut down automatically, which they're programmed to do," he said. "No damage was done to the Con-Ed facility."

Bloomberg said it was unknown how long the outage may last.

Thousands of people could be seen leaving buildings and walking into the streets. New York subways were reported stopped and people were trapped in the cars.

"We are going to have a situation where people are going to have to walk a long distance. They need to be careful," Bloomberg said. "Our advice is to go home, open up your windows, drink a lot of liquids."
http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/08/14/pow...age/index.html

I saw it too. Traffic is at a standstill. Hundreds of people walking the streets to go home. That's gotta suck!!! Glad to be here down south ya'll!:D

MisterT

Well according to some states news the outage accurred because the power grid in "Central Canada" went down
:wtf:
Since when is southern Ontario central Canada????
:wtf:

LOL central Canada is in the Prairies...Saskatchewan and Manitoba...southern Ontario is the East hahahaah

Stupid to have all the same power supplied in the large amount of areas! Didn't we learn any thing from California blackouts? I know in CA it was a different scenario, but don't put all your eggs in one basket. The forum is probably half full do to people still stuck in traffic!! Half of them are the ones with all the performance mods. Guess it won't get them any where. 0-60 in 5.9 seconds, just got to get through bottleneck traffic first! When I had my full sized GMC Jimmy you could see far enough ahead to tell if there are any cops are coming so you could drive up on the side walk and make the next turn for a short cut. I am sure all short cuts were not short with all the congestion! YIKES!

MisterT

:rofl: poor guys. Im glad to be in south florida.

As you all probable know by now, We have power again!!!!
Yes, it really sucked. Every thing, I mean every thing went down. The only question was for how long. 5 hours, NOT BAD. Glad to be back

That's frickin funny!!
Seriously, too bad for those people. I hope every member here got home from work all right!!

yea I know THATS MY HOME!!!! :( :(

were u stuck in traffic? It looked crazy as hell.

yea i had to work at the casino today, and we run on backup generators, but it was busy as hell. I think people were just coming because its air conditioned...I was like, ah nuts.

Now class this is why we don't plug too many things in to 1 outlet..:D

Bush musta surged our power with his massive vibrator. i mean, dude needs to focus on his shit within the border instead of rewarding deuces of thousands-millions of dollars to ppl who kill paki's while we have people here eating rats and living in cardboard boxes. I haven't watched the news yet, but expect there are a buncha geezers that died from heat stroke and suffocation. The gov. never does anything about something until something terrible happens.

they need a good cocksmack