[OT] Major Power Outages in NE USA and Canada

[Maraxle]

Ugh. I'm supposed to go to NYC tomorrow for a wedding. As if being forced to attend a wedding wasn't bad enough, now I get to go to a wedding with no air conditioning. Plus I have to walk there.

 

[jgbrowning]

There are reports on the news of Major Power Outages all over the Northeast United States. Syracuse, NY,

Can anyone say GAG? We all know what really happened.......


joe b.

 

[Ashrem Bayle]

From CCN.com:

A state official told CNN the massive power outages were the result of electrical overload -- not terrorism -- at the Niagara Mohawk power grid, which supplies power to New York and stretches into Canada.

Yea...... they would say that wouldn't they.....
Trains aren't running either.

 

[LightPhoenix]

That section of NY probably gets it's power from Quebec's hydro dams...

Heh. Buffalo is about half an hour from Niagara Falls, I doubt any of Buffalo gets it's power from Quebec. I would suspect Quebec still uses NiMo's power grid, which is what collapsed.

An update though, my gf and I are lucky enough to have power, though we both have NiMo providing power. A big portion of Syracuse, as I have learned, does not. I don't know about all of Buffalo, but I had a chat with my gf about fifteen minutes after we both observed a blip in our power - when the rest of the northeast lost power.

 

[William Ronald]

Here is an ABC News story on the outages:

Northeastern US and Canada Power Outages

Here is a CNN story on the outages:

Major Power Outages Hit New York, other Eastern Cities

 

[LightPhoenix]

One last update - there are "pockets of power" throughout upstate NY at least. I'm fortunate to be in one, as is my gf. The PGA tour also never made mention of it, as a random fact.

NYC has no pockets, since the power station that sends power that way has to shut off if something happens, hence the lack of power.

 

[CrusaderX]

Skynet is taking over.

Rise of the machines, baby!

 

[John Crichton]

Power outage? I live in CT and there is no sign of a po

 

[Trainz]

Quebec's power grid is not synchronized with the affected areas. Quebec has it's own power grid, and thus, unnafected. Else, I wouldn't be typing this (I'm in Montreal )

That a single lightning bolt cause so much damage is weird. Talk about a high level wizard...

 

[Wippit Guud]

That a single lightning bolt cause so much damage is weird. Talk about a high level wizard...

More like a druid, if Niagra falls under 3.5 rules