Power outtage in NYC, elsewhere

Anybody know anything about it?

all of the thousands of hipsters blew the circuits whilst blowdrying their hair. what a shame.

All I've read is an uninformative Reuters piece. I'm surprised it didn't hit DC.

from msnbc

FEDERAL POWER REGULATORS did not identify the power plant, but CNN reported that a fire had been reported at a transformer at the Consolidated Edison plant in New York City. Most of the affected cities are linked on the same regional power grid.
Officials of the Homeland Security Department said there were no indications that the blackout was the work of terrorists.
The evening rush hour was just beginning in the East, and NBC correspondents described scenes of pandemonium as thousands of New Yorkers streamed into streets where traffic signals were not operating.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said it was crippled. Buses, trains and subways were not running. WNBC-TV reported that fire crews were heading down into the subways to check on thousands of stranded passengers.
Jim Tsumi of Riverdale, N.Y., was sitting on the shoulder of Highway 495 leading to the Lincoln Tunnel.
â??I got no hope getting home tonight,â? he said, pointing across the river at Manhattan, where the West Side Highway and a two-mile traffic jam were clearly visible. â??Itâ??s like 9/11 again. I hope this is nothing big.â?

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The blackout stretched from Hartford, Conn., and Syracuse, N.Y., west to Detroit and Cleveland and north to northwest Ontario. The entire city of Toronto was affected, MSNBC television reported.
The Federal Aviation Administration said that its facilities were operating normally on backup power and that planes in the air were in no danger. FAA officials told NBC News that individual airport terminals could be affected, however, and Detroit Metropolitan Airport was temporarily closed.
Much of New England, however, including all of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Hampshire, southern Vermont and eastern Connecticut, were unaffected, as were other areas of Canada, including Montreal and Quebec City.

Originally posted by paige:
all of the thousands of hipsters blew the circuits whilst blowdrying their hair. what a shame.

if I remember correctly, it is not hip to blow dry one's hair

Originally posted by Celeste:

Originally posted by paige:
all of the thousands of hipsters blew the circuits whilst blowdrying their hair. what a shame.

if I remember correctly, it is not hip to blow dry one's hair

in fact, it's rather fin! ;)

I remember being a kid during the great NYC blackouts of the late '70s, and all I can say is, if the power ain't back by sundown, it'll be a looter's paradise.

Originally posted by thirsty moore:
All I've read is an uninformative Reuters piece. I'm surprised it didn't hit DC.

yeah, especially since I've been using my vibrator nonstop this past month of my celibacy

i thought it wasn't even hip to wash one's hair?

Originally posted by Celeste:
/QUOTE]if I remember correctly, it is not hip to blow dry one's hair

I don't think Bloomberg played enough sim city

Anyone want to drive up to NYC tonight for some shopping? I bet Mankie's on his way now.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
I remember being a kid during the great NYC blackouts of the late '70s, and all I can say is, if the power ain't back by sundown, it'll be a looter's paradise.

Originally posted by mankie:

Originally posted by Celeste:

Originally posted by paige:
all of the thousands of hipsters blew the circuits whilst blowdrying their hair. what a shame.

if I remember correctly, it is not hip to blow dry one's hair

in fact, it's rather fin! ;)

ha ha…that reminds me…I noticed just this morning a seafood resto on 19th st. called Fin…if they only knew!

it used to be georgetown seafood but they redesigned it and renamed it. not that georgetown seafood was all that good, but i did sometimes stop by there for oysters. fin is bad though, very bad. don't go there.

Originally posted by lily1:
it used to be georgetown seafood but they redesigned it and renamed it. not that georgetown seafood was all that good, but i did sometimes stop by there for oysters. fin is bad though, very bad. don't go there.

I wouldn't. Aside from the name, their identity (sign, posters, etc.) is lame, and I'm vegetarian anywayz

GREAT!! as i am getting my oil chaned to drive north to Toronto, i hear this on the news.

I bet NO ONE would have guessed this would be what happens to the Radiohead show on Sat.

i figured, storms, hurricanes, even a blizzard but not a blackout…good one. they better get that shit on soon!

All the reports I've heard and read say that the blackout didn't hit the DC area but this is not true; it hit the University of Maryland, College Park. The power was out for about 20 minutes.

Originally posted by beetsnotbeats:
All the reports I've heard and read say that the blackout didn't hit the DC area but this is not true; it hit the University of Maryland, College Park. The power was out for about 20 minutes.

well. . that would be difficult to believe since the dc area is not at all interconnected with the NiMo line that went down.

And Cleveland is? Trust me, the grid is fully integrated across the nation. It's a hell of lot more complicated than NiMo's line.

Originally posted by Celeste:

Originally posted by paige:
all of the thousands of hipsters blew the circuits whilst blowdrying their hair. what a shame.

if I remember correctly, it is not hip to blow dry one's hair

pardon me, i shall be more specific… those damn Electroclashers love to have their hair stick straight and shinier than glass. It accents the White Blonde/Jet Black skunk look that is their hair.

Originally posted by bags:
And Cleveland is? Trust me, the grid is fully integrated across the nation. It's a hell of lot more complicated than NiMo's line.

if the problem was in Niagara Falls, then Cleveland is a lot closer than DC :)