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mishlert
Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Location: On the 3rd rock from the sun
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 Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2003 10:57 pm Post subject: A Rare Sight in NYC |
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denz
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: soapland. alternatively - the school of rock!
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 1:00 am Post subject: |
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man. great shot.
are they admitting it was terrorism yet?
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mishlert
Joined: 13 Mar 2003
Location: On the 3rd rock from the sun
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 1:18 am Post subject: |
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They say it's not terrorism.
The excuses I've heard so far have been:
Lighting(not a cloud in the sky)
Fire
Human error
Of course, America and Canada are playing the blame game. |
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krats1976
Joined: 14 May 2003
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 4:36 am Post subject: |
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Why should we assume terrorism? Major blackouts have happened before.
Very cool picture btw. |
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matko
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: in a world of hurt!
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 6:00 am Post subject: |
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No way it was terrorism.
Who died?
What would be the point?
As of this post, no explanation has been given.
I think a beaver chewed through a cable. |
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The Bobster
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 6:58 am Post subject: |
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Yeah! A Canadian beaver! |
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matko
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 7:03 am Post subject: |
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Are there any other kinds of beavers?!?!?!?!
Actually, just watching the BBC right now and the Americans are now blaming Canada for the blackout. Could be true!
Kinda funny though.
"Blame Canada" -South Park. Hilarious |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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| matko wrote: |
| What would be the point? |
I dunno, shutting down NYC? |
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mokpochica
Joined: 21 Jan 2003
Location: Ann Arbor, MI
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 8:34 pm Post subject: |
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You should have seen Detroit yesterday. A huge parking lot!
The latest word is that it was a trip in a wire near Cleveland. (First it was a plant in Ottawa, then lightning at a plant in Niagara Falls New York, then the wire in Ohio, then they blamed it on Michigan, and last I heard it was Ohio again). It's crazy how these systems are all so connected and when one goes out it fries the others. A news program tonight said that the power outage could have extended across all of N. America if someone in Pennsylvania hadn't seen it coming and disconnected their system from the other fried ones.
I thought it was terrorism when I first heard the power was out (sitting in my car outside of Detroit) though. That was because the radio was saying that there were fires at plants in Detroit, New York, and Toronto. That turned out to be an exaggeration since there was only smoke (some of the boards or grids frying I guess) and not huge flames.
50 million people were without power last night. That is more than the entire population of S. Korea. Craziness! The city I was in declared a state of emergency and imposed a 10:00 PM curfew. I retreated to my parent's house in the Cereal City this morning where power only flashed out momentarily. |
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matko
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Zyzyfer wrote: |
| matko wrote: |
| What would be the point? |
I dunno, shutting down NYC? |
If that is terrorism, I feel better already!!
Nothing more than an inconvenience. Kinda like a blizzard.
Blacking out NYC, and then using that as a tactical advantage to kill as many people as possible, that I can understand. |
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