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50 Million People Suffer Massive Power Outage
it was out in my part of town from 4:10pm eastern to 1:30am
heh..its on now..hasnt gone out yet...but prolly will cos they say the city im in (kitchener/waterloo) will be getting rolling blackouts...which is when the power goes out in tiny sections of the city for an average of 2 hours at a time..and its said that it will continue to do that untill about sunday then things should be back up to normal hopefully...
anyways..for anybody who dosent know what happened..50 million people in the eastern sea board of north america (canada and usa) were without power due to power overload at one of the main stations...im not sure if they found the cause yet or n ot, but they are assuming its either a fire in one of the main stations, lightning strike (which is pretty much the same thing as the fire), the heat, or just an overload due to the amount of power being used....
if you were in the blackout..what were you doing when it happened?
when it happened here...i was on TA forums listening to music..then the lamp on my desk started go flicker...but didnt really worry...then the power went out totally. 60 seconds later when i was outside i heard sirens going off...so i assumed that somebody must have crash tehre car into a hydro pole or something...then my neighbour came outside and told me that all of ontario is without power too...so i thought wtf...then i put on my car radio to Global TV (but the FM radio version) and caught the breaking news...and found out that parts of the USA were out too...and they assumed it was an overload...then i just listened to the radio more...then some of my mates came over...everybody on my street was out walking around with flashlights, playing music from there car, watching the metior shower and looking at mars..basically having a good time...it was kinda fun. ;p
in the uk press aperently canada is blaming it on usa and usa is blaming it on canada.....
bleh...soon enough both counties will agree and just blame it on some middle eastern country 
acctually i heard it started in ohio
so were not quite blaming it on canada
unless canada recently annexed ohio
lets just blame the taliban
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| Originally posted by netw3rkd bleh...soon enough both counties will agree and just blame it on some middle eastern country |
HELP ME THIS IS VIVID!!!!! HELP NO POWER!!!! IVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR SQUIRREL MEAT ON THE STREETS!!! HELP WE NEED UR POWER!!! IM UNSHAVEN AND STINKY!!! I DONT THINK ILL LAST THRU THE NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE POWER FOR ! HOUR AND MY TIME IS ALMOST UP!!!!! SQUIRRELS ARENT MEATY ENUFF!
My power went out, it wasnt too chabby, except like 3 cars almost smashed into my car at night time!
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hahaha CALIFORNIA RULES!!!
yea.... Shame for you guys i live in New Zealand we got heaps of power 
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| Originally posted by Kamui hahaha CALIFORNIA RULES!!! |
Re: 50 Million People Suffer Massive Power Outage
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| Originally posted by netw3rkd it was out in my part of town from 4:10pm eastern to 1:30am heh..its on now..hasnt gone out yet...but prolly will cos they say the city im in (kitchener/waterloo) will be getting rolling blackouts...which is when the power goes out in tiny sections of the city for an average of 2 hours at a time..and its said that it will continue to do that untill about sunday then things should be back up to normal hopefully... anyways..for anybody who dosent know what happened..50 million people in the eastern sea board of north america (canada and usa) were without power due to power overload at one of the main stations...im not sure if they found the cause yet or n ot, but they are assuming its either a fire in one of the main stations, lightning strike (which is pretty much the same thing as the fire), the heat, or just an overload due to the amount of power being used.... if you were in the blackout..what were you doing when it happened? when it happened here...i was on TA forums listening to music..then the lamp on my desk started go flicker...but didnt really worry...then the power went out totally. 60 seconds later when i was outside i heard sirens going off...so i assumed that somebody must have crash tehre car into a hydro pole or something...then my neighbour came outside and told me that all of ontario is without power too...so i thought wtf...then i put on my car radio to Global TV (but the FM radio version) and caught the breaking news...and found out that parts of the USA were out too...and they assumed it was an overload...then i just listened to the radio more...then some of my mates came over...everybody on my street was out walking around with flashlights, playing music from there car, watching the metior shower and looking at mars..basically having a good time...it was kinda fun. ;p |
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| Originally posted by DaveSaenz No it doesn't. You have keebler elf man, the smut peddler who cares, and the terminator running for the state's head office. |
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| Originally posted by TuanAnh213 who cares...as long as i continue swimming in my backyard pool in december/january i dont care who's governor |
ughhhh that was the worst experience of my life. i was up in chatham, ontario playing hockey. i got off the ice and the power went out. i drove all the way back to windsor on the 401 and the traffic sucked in windsor. sooooooo i get to the bridge, and boy did that fucking suck. it took me over an hour to get across. so i get home at 7 30 after leaving my house at 12 in the afternoon...and of course the power is out here (near detroit). so i sleep...so hot and humid, and wake up to it pouring rain, being humid and hot, and no power. finally, 25 hours later, the power came on. thank you god.
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| Originally posted by Eugene it's because of attitudes like this that we have so many assholes as our political leaders And BTW why are you anti-New York? |
i think it's homer simpson's fault "DOH!"
see how we're all used to electricity and take it for granted? so i guess the machines DO control our lives after all, even though indirectly for now.
Don't know about any of y'all but New York was one big party - at least for those of us that didn't try to leave. Free drinks, lots of people, a good time was had by all. No music tho...
I got a pedicap from Tribeca to Midtown... it was a blast
and the whole world has seen that the usa gives a shit about quality
I was outside a cafe with some friends when the power went out, and didn't even know for a good hour (since it was in the middle of the day), until we finally went into the cafe to buy water. The lady at the counter was frantic yelling "they are supposed to tell me when they shut off the power, my ice cream is going to melt!" We all thought it was the construction going on down the street until some guy came into the cafe, and said that it was all over Toronto too. Then we were a little panicked.
Well anyways, we went outside to catch a bus to go home, and then this ambulance comes flying down the street, and some guy walks in front of it really slowly. I screamed from down the road "DUDE!! RUN!!!" He was so close to getting hit, I was thinking I was gonna see someone die.
Then we stood waiting for the bus, talking about what we thought happened, and feeling bad for people in elevators, and hoping the hospitals were in ok condition. Then we got in the bus, and as we went down the street, we noticed all the traffic lights were out, and realized that it being all over wasn't a rumour. Then I saw three 12 year old kids directing traffic on one of the busiest intersections. It was awesome. And the traffic was actually listening to them. I was really proud of Canadians when I saw that!
So I get home, and go to call my BF's mother to make sure she is OK, and I realize all my phones are cordless, so I had no phone access. I asked the next door neighbours to use their phone, and called my BF's mom, and she was ok, but they worried about me cause they couldn't get a hold of me. So I went over to my BF's place to stay the night, and watched the stars and saw 2 meteors, and saw Mars. It was actually a pretty nice night. Then around 2 AM we went to the part of the city that had the power back, but drove through the darkened downtown to see what it looked like. It was sooo cool! It was really strange cause it is ALWAYS lit up.
Anyways, the part of the city that had its power back was SOOOO congested with people. It was like, everyone in the whole damn city decided to go there just to be near electricity. LOL!
I am religious, so to me, I thought that the power going out was God's way of saying "stop being so damn concerned with your TV for a minute, and look outside and see what's around you." I mean, what are the odds that the meteor shower and the viewing of mars were both visible on the night of the Blackout? And the sky was so clear, even from your very own backyard because there wasn't any light polution. I loved it!
power outtage=something fishy going on
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| Originally posted by netw3rkd bleh...soon enough both counties will agree and just blame it on some middle eastern country |
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| Originally posted by TuanAnh213 has it occured to you that it was just a "joke"? geez...lighten up just because these laughable candidates are running for governor doesn't mean california is going to be ruined...i've lived here all my life and i will continue to love living here admist whoever gets elected why am i anti-new york? why does it concern you...you're in maryland and last time i checked maryland isn't new york so once again lighten up |
GAY
It wasn't too bad, my power was out off and on for a few days. It seems weird walking around at night with no lights on. Got to take a look at downtown Hamilton from the edge of the escarpment to see half of it had power, and there were 3 fires. I also saw a shooting star, mars, and also the moon rising.
It's amazing how dependant we are on electricity. I can remember when the power first went down, I tried watching TV, turning on the bathroom light, and trying to use a ceiling fan before I finally got used to it. I'm just lucky I had some batteries for my CD player, kept me entertained for a while.
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