Power outage
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hensylee
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We lived in Baltimore when there was one in 1965 - bunch of babies born nine months later. Then there was a huge snowfall (whatchacallit?) and everybody was stuck at home in Jan 1966 - another bunch of babies born in Oct 1966 (mine, included).
Nancy
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We just got our power back on. It was only out from about 5 PM until 6:30PM.
It must have been a system overload cascade brought on by the hot weather. If it were terrorism, the power wouldn't be coming back on.
So, I hope it holds. Here, where we live, we have tons of outages. I wish I knew why.
They're saying the source of the outage might have been in upstate NY. I would bet on our power company in a New York minute.
Just a little "funny". There was an article in the paper a while back about displaced parakeets which had escaped their Northern owners and acclimated to the cold weather. They apparently live in colonies and build enormous housing facilities for themselves, weighing tons. They had decided to do some nesting in a power station and the station managers were at a loss as to what to do about the huge nests which were too heavy for the transformers that they were perched on. (That's no joke, it's really true)
I'd say it was a toppled parakeet nest or maybe too much parakeet doo-doo, LOL.
It must have been a system overload cascade brought on by the hot weather. If it were terrorism, the power wouldn't be coming back on.
So, I hope it holds. Here, where we live, we have tons of outages. I wish I knew why.
They're saying the source of the outage might have been in upstate NY. I would bet on our power company in a New York minute.
Just a little "funny". There was an article in the paper a while back about displaced parakeets which had escaped their Northern owners and acclimated to the cold weather. They apparently live in colonies and build enormous housing facilities for themselves, weighing tons. They had decided to do some nesting in a power station and the station managers were at a loss as to what to do about the huge nests which were too heavy for the transformers that they were perched on. (That's no joke, it's really true)
I'd say it was a toppled parakeet nest or maybe too much parakeet doo-doo, LOL.
Nancy
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Yeah-
But me having a baby would be a miracle of modern medicine.
But me having a baby would be a miracle of modern medicine.
Nancy
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I'll be a surrogate for yours if you'll be a surrogate for mine. We'll make worldwide news.
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Davidcv67
I'm out of power.
I'm out of power.
I am completely out of power. I have rigged up a treadmill and put my dogs in it; they are running to keep a generator going so I could get on the computer. I am running out of meat so I have to log off now.
I'm out of power.
I am completely out of power. I have rigged up a treadmill and put my dogs in it; they are running to keep a generator going so I could get on the computer. I am running out of meat so I have to log off now.
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Jean
Ahhh! Power...
Ahhh! Power...
Power is back on in this part of Michigan...lost it about 4:30. Went in to town right away to get water for goats and us...so many people were gasing up...town had power...looked like back in the gas crunch days with all the cars lined up. Turned radio on and listened until power came back on about 8:20...sure was glad to have it and the air back on.
My heart sank when I first heard how large it was...I was so glad when they started deciding it was not terrorist related.
Off to take a much appreciated shower! The end of the day on the farm is not the time to lose power!
Ahhh! Power...
Power is back on in this part of Michigan...lost it about 4:30. Went in to town right away to get water for goats and us...so many people were gasing up...town had power...looked like back in the gas crunch days with all the cars lined up. Turned radio on and listened until power came back on about 8:20...sure was glad to have it and the air back on.
My heart sank when I first heard how large it was...I was so glad when they started deciding it was not terrorist related.
Off to take a much appreciated shower! The end of the day on the farm is not the time to lose power!
Ross
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That was interesting. Just got ours back at 1:48 A.M. We were out from 4:10 P.M. until then. Good night my lovelies.
GOOD MORNING, ALL!!!!!
Here in wonderful Long Island, we just got our power back......Tyce said it came back about 2, but, of course, I couldn't have cared less at that point and was in na na land, sleepin peepin!!! All I can say is "Thank Goodness we didn't need the AC last night." It cooled off nicely, so we were zonked.
Got up this morning and had to get on here, just to see who else was affected. Our LIRR trains are not running, and they say Long Island has about 75% power.....guess we're one of the lucky ones. I do have to admit, NEW YAWKERS are resilient!!! This is about the third blackout we've had here. As long as it wasn't terrorist, we can get through anything!!! I just feel so badly for those who were stranded in NYC. We went to our neighbors for dinner, equipped with salad, wine and lanterns, just like nothing was amiss.........
Evelyn
Here in wonderful Long Island, we just got our power back......Tyce said it came back about 2, but, of course, I couldn't have cared less at that point and was in na na land, sleepin peepin!!! All I can say is "Thank Goodness we didn't need the AC last night." It cooled off nicely, so we were zonked.
Got up this morning and had to get on here, just to see who else was affected. Our LIRR trains are not running, and they say Long Island has about 75% power.....guess we're one of the lucky ones. I do have to admit, NEW YAWKERS are resilient!!! This is about the third blackout we've had here. As long as it wasn't terrorist, we can get through anything!!! I just feel so badly for those who were stranded in NYC. We went to our neighbors for dinner, equipped with salad, wine and lanterns, just like nothing was amiss.........
Evelyn
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Les
Boy, I'm so glad nothing of that magnitude happens in Oklaho................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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fyrfytr
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Glad to hear you are all OK!
Dave
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Jean
We lost power again at about midnight last night...was just dozing off and Bill was getting ready to turn off lights. Sooo...he hooked the generator back up for the fridge and freezer and we went to bed. Power was back on this morning...Yippeee!!!
Now I have all the critters watered so we are set for most of the day...I think I'll keep the water troughs topped up today in case we lose power again. Bill keeps saying he has to figure out why the water pump keeps shutting the gen. down. Yessss...about 4 power outages ago. But since I am eternally in the dark about electricity, I'll just demurely agree with him. At least he goes to fill up my 50 gal. tank for the animals at daughter's farm...but this time they were out too!
Have a good day and try to keep cool good friends.
Is anybody else maybe just a tad upset with the major networks covering only NY...what about Toronto, Cleveland, Detroit (of course I get that on local radio) and all the other places affected? Or am I just getting to be a crusty old lady? I don't mean to demean the problems they have, but they aren't alone in this one!
Now I have all the critters watered so we are set for most of the day...I think I'll keep the water troughs topped up today in case we lose power again. Bill keeps saying he has to figure out why the water pump keeps shutting the gen. down. Yessss...about 4 power outages ago. But since I am eternally in the dark about electricity, I'll just demurely agree with him. At least he goes to fill up my 50 gal. tank for the animals at daughter's farm...but this time they were out too!
Have a good day and try to keep cool good friends.
Is anybody else maybe just a tad upset with the major networks covering only NY...what about Toronto, Cleveland, Detroit (of course I get that on local radio) and all the other places affected? Or am I just getting to be a crusty old lady? I don't mean to demean the problems they have, but they aren't alone in this one!
Nancy
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It is true, there are 50 million people inconvenienced by this blackout, not just in NY. But NYC is still w/o power . That place is nothing w/o power. The rest of us can probably manage for a little while, albeit. with great inconvenience. But NYC loses everything. It would be my guess that many businesses there had to close and that alone means enormous loss in revenue.
I just watched Gov. Pataki on the TV. He's furious because there were supposedly safeguards in place so it would never happen again, like it did during the last major power grid shutdown. There apparently was a failure to shed power loads in Canada, which caused the whole system to go into automatic shutdown, since the Eastern Interconnect grid shares power with Canada. The Eastern Interconnect grid covers a lot of territory.
The cost of this is immense, for all concerned.
It will be very interesting to see what the final analysis is. There was some kind of event that started it. apparently near Niagara Falls near the NY border.
I just watched Gov. Pataki on the TV. He's furious because there were supposedly safeguards in place so it would never happen again, like it did during the last major power grid shutdown. There apparently was a failure to shed power loads in Canada, which caused the whole system to go into automatic shutdown, since the Eastern Interconnect grid shares power with Canada. The Eastern Interconnect grid covers a lot of territory.
The cost of this is immense, for all concerned.
It will be very interesting to see what the final analysis is. There was some kind of event that started it. apparently near Niagara Falls near the NY border.
ILoVeNY25
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Hello all, Just got power back on at 8am...There's still many parts of Queens still powerless and some power restored in Manhattan. Some traffic lights are still out but people are being very calm and pulling together. Not like yesterday, Was driving when it happened. People were panicking, Jumping medians on major turnpikes and streets. It was scary, but very soon after civilians and off-duty police went to the major intersections to direct traffic. Very hot here last night, Was still around 90 at 8pm last night. It's been one hot and boring night. Glad to hear everyone is safe and I was thinking of you all last night.
P.S. Really made me think about that picture of the country lit up, I actually saw the stars last night! Amazing!
P.S. Really made me think about that picture of the country lit up, I actually saw the stars last night! Amazing!
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Les
Hi Nicole,
Glad to hear it's all coming back on. I've driven all over Manhattan when things are normal and it's difficult....I cannot imagine what it would have been like in the dark. Scary is the correct word! Glad you got to see the stars...
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Les AVR '93 / '95
Glad to hear it's all coming back on. I've driven all over Manhattan when things are normal and it's difficult....I cannot imagine what it would have been like in the dark. Scary is the correct word! Glad you got to see the stars...
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tnboomer1013
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Being a boilermaker the only answer I can give ya'll is that we just don't have enough power stations to handle the load.
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Being a boilermaker the only answer I can give ya'll is that we just don't have enough power stations to handle the load.
hensylee
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Jean - Cleveland, Detroit and Toronto are just not sexy enough to be major news when NYC is involved. Anyone notice they keep using the word 'sexed news' these days? As in 'the news was sexed up' - makes it more attractive, I guess?????
