[OT] Major Power Outages in NE USA and Canada

[Henry]

Some areas of New Jersey, while not mentioned, were DEFINITELY affected.

Our company's central office went down at about 4:11 pm.

 

[BobROE]

Hope you get power soon How are you connected to the internet?

Labtop and the phonelines still work.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

Lost power at 4:10 PM, got it back around 9:30 PM. My sister works right downtown and was part of the mass exodus out of the city. Much of Cleveland still dark, state of emergency, some areas short on water due to pumping stations not working. Many areas now getting power back. The mood in my area (far western edge of Cleveland metro area) is relaxed.

 

[Mark]

I think most of the USA always had a "Don't sweat the small stuff" attittude, but in the last couple of years we've expanded our list of "small stuff"...

 

[DiFier]

Labtop and the phonelines still work.

I figured, I wish I had a laptop. hope your battery lasts. My UPS wouldn't last much more than 5 mins. I should get a generator. for when this happens to us.

 

[William Ronald]

Here is another update story from CNN: Major Power Outages in New York, Eastern cities

Here is a map of the blackout area: Interactive Map from CNN

In the good news, power may be restored soon to New York City. It may take longer for parts of upstate New York.

Henry, it is reported that all but some 250,000 customers in New Jersey have power again.

John Crichton, according to the CNN Interactive map, 58,000 people lost power in your state.

 

[Qlippoth]

Fnord.

Illuminati, anyone?

You're not cleared for that.

 

[Heretic Apostate]

Leaving any sarcastic comments out (I'm from California...), didn't something similar happen like 30 years ago, where a cascade of tripped breakers took out power for the eastern USA?





Note to mods: I've rewritten this a half dozen times, forcing myself to remove all the invective against the FERC and the Dubya administration...

 

[William Ronald]

There was the Great Northeast Blackout of 1965 . There was also a blackout impacting some 9 million people in New York City on July 13. 1977.

There was also a blackout on August 11, 1996 when approximately 4 million customers in nine Western states and parts of Mexico lost power.

 

[Oaken25]

This bited

I just got my power back here in Rochester, (3:30AM). I was one of the last around my county to get it. The power grid here in NY, etc were not supposed to do this any more after the 1 that happened in the 70's or at least that is what every one is claiming.

It is said that a bolt of lightning hit one power plant in Quebec and Canada's power tried to draw on NY's and it over loaded our plants and they all shut down because they couldn't handle the draw.

At least that is the current theory.