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Title: Power Outages
Post by: TSE on August 14, 2003, 01:04:21 pm
Turn on the news
Title: Power Outages
Post by: PIBby on August 14, 2003, 01:06:39 pm
I'm confused.

*plays with a ball of yarn in the corner*
Title: Power Outages
Post by: LimeTwister on August 14, 2003, 01:11:12 pm
i was about to post this!

C you still have power?
Title: Re: Power Outages
Post by: Blake on August 14, 2003, 01:11:41 pm
Quote from: "TSE"
Turn on the news


How can you if the power is out?

and I can't I'm at the "LUBRARY" hehe lub, is it the whole city?
Title: Power Outages
Post by: kaysha on August 14, 2003, 01:11:59 pm
URL (http://www.newsday.com/ny-outage0814,0,7193237.story?coll=ny-top-span-headlines)

"Fox News on generator power, JFK, La Guardia, City Hall, etc. etc. all
offline. Rumor is a ConEdison plant is on fire (CNN?)"

-katia
Title: Re: Power Outages
Post by: LimeTwister on August 14, 2003, 01:14:19 pm
Quote from: "danielmarko"
Quote from: "TSE"
Turn on the news


How can you if the power is out?

and I can't I'm at the "LUBRARY" hehe lub, is it the whole city?


they're saying pretty much the whole northeast up into canada  8O

YOU SHOULD SEE NYC!!! OMG....and cell phones are not working...
Title: Power Outages
Post by: LimeTwister on August 14, 2003, 01:15:39 pm
well "most cell phones are not working"...

Detroit, cleavland, erie PA... *wonders about relatives*...not sure what other cities she said.
Title: Power Outages
Post by: kaysha on August 14, 2003, 01:16:34 pm
more info (http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/08/14/power.outage/index.html)

Nessa is probably still in NYC from the pantene show, wonder how she is doing.
Title: Power Outages
Post by: LimeTwister on August 14, 2003, 01:17:42 pm
"trafic is surprisingly running smoothly"
Title: Power Outages
Post by: Blake on August 14, 2003, 01:18:49 pm
wow!
Title: Power Outages
Post by: LimeTwister on August 14, 2003, 01:18:51 pm
(http://i.cnn.net/cnn/2003/images/08/14/top.main.power.outage.wgcl.jpg)
Title: Power Outages
Post by: Vultch on August 14, 2003, 01:19:13 pm
Quote from: "CNN"
State officials said the Niagara-Mohawk power grid was overloaded. The grid provides power for New York and stretches into Canada. The officials said the outage is a natural occurrence and not related to terrorism.
Title: Power Outages
Post by: LimeTwister on August 14, 2003, 01:20:44 pm
ok i deleted the wrong thing...oh well *i now deleted what i wanted to delete earlier.*
Title: Power Outages
Post by: PIBby on August 14, 2003, 01:25:03 pm
How long's it gonna last?
Title: Power Outages
Post by: LimeTwister on August 14, 2003, 01:26:13 pm
Quote from: "PIBby"
How long's it gonna last?


*i dooooon't knoooooooow*

wow i love messages boards when i have power...

I wonder if mells has power....and toni....poor toni she might not have power and it's hot outside.
Title: Power Outages
Post by: PIBby on August 14, 2003, 01:28:31 pm
It better not last long. Like, not LOOOOOOONG.
Title: Power Outages
Post by: Blake on August 14, 2003, 01:28:50 pm
Haha, and Gina left for Texas right before this!
Title: Power Outages
Post by: LimeTwister on August 14, 2003, 01:33:12 pm
Quote from: "danielmarko"
Haha, and Gina left for Texas right before this!


lol yea, i was gonna say gina and then it hit me, she gone south! i love the south...i should have told her to get sweet tea!
Title: Power Outages
Post by: LimeTwister on August 14, 2003, 01:34:38 pm
*i deleted it...they are more sure now*
Title: Power Outages
Post by: Holly on August 14, 2003, 01:37:01 pm
whoa... i was watching it on the news! thats crazy!
good thing this didnt happen last thursday...
Title: Power Outages
Post by: LimeTwister on August 14, 2003, 01:38:51 pm
when they say "walking home on foot"...and they have all those cars there, does that mean people are just leaving their cars and walking home??
Title: Power Outages
Post by: Holly on August 14, 2003, 01:40:49 pm
Quote from: "LimeTwister"
when they say "walking home on foot"...and they have all those cars there, does that mean people are just leaving their cars and walking home??


there are some cars... but a whole lotta people rely on subways and those arent working now, so they have to walk home
Title: Power Outages
Post by: LimeTwister on August 14, 2003, 01:48:18 pm
oh that makes sense!

*grandparents don't have power*
Title: Power Outages
Post by: PIBby on August 14, 2003, 01:59:55 pm
Joey and I win for living in the "South!"
Title: Power Outages
Post by: eclv on August 14, 2003, 02:42:53 pm
wow, this is crazy!! I can't even believe it and that so far people are calm and behaving.
Title: Power Outages
Post by: Blake on August 14, 2003, 02:49:49 pm
Quote from: "PIBby"
Joey and I win for living in the "South!"


and me!
South Carolina
Title: Power Outages
Post by: LimeTwister on August 14, 2003, 03:41:57 pm
Quote from: "eclv"
wow, this is crazy!! I can't even believe it and that so far people are calm and behaving.


true, but there are no burning buildings...or falling buildings....and a lot has changed since sept. 11th i guess.
Title: Power Outages
Post by: Ghisy on August 14, 2003, 04:07:12 pm
I saw that on CNN!!
I was like 'OMG OMG!!'
I was about to call 'my' people in the US but I wasn't home so I wasn't able to. But since cell phones aren't working...
I hope everything will go back to normal soon.
Title: Power Outages
Post by: Vultch on August 14, 2003, 04:08:46 pm
"I felt like we were working at a time of 30 or 40 years ago when we had no electricity."
-CNN person on the street interview

so they had no electricity in the 1960's eh? lmfao!!!!
 :roflmao:
Title: Power Outages
Post by: LimeTwister on August 14, 2003, 04:17:20 pm
they think lighting hit something in niagra now...some electric thing (lol i would make a good news person..."some electric thing" lol)
Title: Power Outages
Post by: TSE on August 14, 2003, 07:22:56 pm
Quote from: "LimeTwister"
i was about to post this!

C you still have power?


Explaination::  I had power most of the time . . .it was on and off at points but nothing major.  We we're told to shut everything down.  To use minimal power.  I posted this then shut down the computer, air conditioning, blah blah blah . . .
Title: Power Outages
Post by: zurielshimon on August 14, 2003, 08:51:31 pm
Quote from: "blackvulture"
"I felt like we were working at a time of 30 or 40 years ago when we had no electricity."
-CNN person on the street interview

so they had no electricity in the 1960's eh? lmfao!!!!
 :roflmao:


Well, yeah, they had no electricity on July 13, 1977, and November 9, 1965, as a matter of fact. :razz:
Title: My luck
Post by: nosticker on August 14, 2003, 10:41:20 pm
I was stuck in NYC for 9/11...now this! The lights just dimmed and then nothing, except for the vcr's and monitors (I work for a major television network). It completely sucked, the whole building was warm and dark, we could all see about as good as Stevie Wonder.
The bright side is that I got back home to Jersey. I also got a bonus and a day off for helping out the network by building and rolling backup commercial reels.
The down side is that I'm all sweaty and feel like a pair of sweaty donkey balls.


Dan/NS
Title: Power Outages
Post by: Grakthis on August 15, 2003, 05:08:15 am
Quote from: "PIBby"
Joey and I win for living in the "South!"


So says the girl who wants to move to NYC when shes 18 ;)
---Andrew
Title: Re: My luck
Post by: Grakthis on August 15, 2003, 05:11:25 am
Quote from: "nosticker"
I was stuck in NYC for 9/11...now this! The lights just dimmed and then nothing, except for the vcr's and monitors (I work for a major television network). It completely sucked, the whole building was warm and dark, we could all see about as good as Stevie Wonder.
The bright side is that I got back home to Jersey. I also got a bonus and a day off for helping out the network by building and rolling backup commercial reels.
The down side is that I'm all sweaty and feel like a pair of sweaty donkey balls.


Dan/NS


Dude! That is so unfair! YOu got a bonus and time off for doing your JOB?!? I got a customer support call at 1:30 AM last night.  Did I get a bonus for that?

nooooooooooooooooooo!!!

Ah well.  I guess I'm glad I was in NYC last week instead of this weak.  I'm slightly clausterphobic and being stuck in the subway would have freaked me out something fierce.
---Andrew
Title: Re: My luck
Post by: divasteph on August 15, 2003, 05:51:36 am
Quote from: "nosticker"
sweaty donkey balls.


Dan/NS


yum! nice thought! (jk)
xoxox
Title: Power Outages
Post by: joann on August 15, 2003, 06:30:03 am
back from the black...

just in time to work
no justice
 :roll:
Title: Power Outages
Post by: Will on August 15, 2003, 07:19:23 am
Gah! My webhost was knocked out in all this. Somebody is too cheap to have a generator.  :razz:
Title: Power Outages
Post by: Ms.Redd on August 15, 2003, 07:21:27 am
Our power went out ... I seriously thought the house was on the blink. First, the lights start fading in and out, then I go back up to the computer, and the monitor isn't working (strange, don't know how it was still running though--I pressed ctrl-alt-del and could hear it restarting...but still no screen) and then the phone rang (It was my bro-in-law) and I answered and only heard myself... then I tried callng back and the phone was dead. Then my dad gets home, and he's saying none of the street lights were working... then my mom comes home and tell us that she saw the oil refinery's burning really badly (come to find out that was a safety precaution when the power goes out)...

Still life was pretty freaky for some time there... Glad I got power back!
Title: Power Outages
Post by: Blake on August 15, 2003, 07:33:06 am
Poor Conan, they had no power, and they relied on flashlights and such to tape the begining of his show, and then they went to a re run....but it was really funny if you watched it...
Title: Power Outages
Post by: Will on August 15, 2003, 07:34:23 am
Quote from: "Ms.Redd"
then I go back up to the computer, and the monitor isn't working (strange, don't know how it was still running though--I pressed ctrl-alt-del and could hear it restarting...but still no screen)


You probably have a battery backup on your computer, but the monitor wasn't plugged into it. If your powerstrip is big and heavy, you can be pretty sure it is a UPS (uninterruptable power supply, a.k.a. a battery backup)
Title: Power Outages
Post by: KULPDOGG on August 15, 2003, 12:37:29 pm
allentown,pa got lucky!
YaY! i have poWeR!!! :wink:
Title: Power Outages
Post by: badsrx7 on August 15, 2003, 12:46:36 pm
Hey guys.. I survived the Blackout of '03. Can you believe it? I think I need to make shirts.

We walked to everybody's house..

and so many stars were out ;P

very pretttty.

and when people ask where I was when the lights went out. I'll be proud to say.. NESSAholics.com ;D
Title: Power Outages
Post by: Si on August 15, 2003, 12:48:51 pm
Quote from: "badsrx7"
Hey guys.. I survived the Blackout of '03. Can you believe it? I think I need to make shirts.


LOL
you're funny




I was kinda worried about the NY-people you know
I only saw a few things on the news, but they weren't very clear


You should all come live in my country, close to my home!
8)


lol
Title: .......
Post by: 1vcfan on August 15, 2003, 02:11:53 pm
My power just came on...

It was off for 22 hours.

But it was the weirdest thing...I was in the car on the war to my soccer game and all the lights just went out and stuff. So I tried the cell and it didn't work, and neither did any of my friends. So the bus driver wouldnt take us to soccer, so we were stuck at our school until the traffic and everything was better...but it was so weird, being stranded at school with nothing. It still took me and hour to get home, when it would have only usually taken me 15 min. There were 9 accidents on my way home.

Now I'm just glad the power's back.
Title: Power Outages
Post by: nicole on August 15, 2003, 03:52:37 pm
hahha gotta love Marilyn Manson! I was in MA for the show! heh SUCKAS!
Title: Power Outages
Post by: Holly on August 15, 2003, 05:43:40 pm
i was watching tv when it happenened and i saw it on the news... and then shortly after i had to drive over to see a couple friends... and i was going down the 2 and i see all this smoke coming from LA! some house had burned down and it looked really freaky from where i was... and then my friend and i end up being chased by this girl that wanted to start a fight and were stalked part of the night, then i got into an over 21 club for the first time... lmao, crazy day huh? i know this doesnt have much to do with the topic, but i was dealing with drama on this coast as well.
Title: Power Outages
Post by: i dont know what to put on August 15, 2003, 07:14:20 pm
Im back after 26 hours of darkness(sorta).  Lights went out here in Toronto around 4:00 yesterday and my house got power back at 6:00 tonight........but my work has been up since 8am so I had to work today  :( .  It was sooooo busy we were sold out of flashlights, D and C batteries, propane tanks, butane tanks, lamp oils, and those little barbaque things.....and that was by about noon
Title: Power Outages
Post by: nicole on August 15, 2003, 07:16:45 pm
chaos!  I'm glad I did not deal with the power outage for obvious reasons... but also because I'm very paranoid.  I would had thought it was related to terrorism.
Title: Power Outages
Post by: i dont know what to put on August 15, 2003, 07:21:15 pm
meh I didnt find it to bad.....You could actually see stars at night......
Title: Power Outages
Post by: PIBby on August 18, 2003, 01:50:32 pm
Quote from: "Grakthis"
Quote from: "PIBby"
Joey and I win for living in the "South!"


So says the girl who wants to move to NYC when shes 18 ;)
---Andrew


I'm going to NYC next Summer. So waddaya think about that?
Title: Power Outages
Post by: badsrx7 on August 18, 2003, 01:58:10 pm
Quote from: "PIBby"
I'm going to NYC next Summer. So waddaya think about that?


You are?!
Title: Power Outages
Post by: Blake on August 18, 2003, 02:05:11 pm
Quote from: "badsrx7"
Hey guys.. I survived the Blackout of '03. Can you believe it? I think I need to make shirts.

We walked to everybody's house..

and so many stars were out ;P

very pretttty.

and when people ask where I was when the lights went out. I'll be proud to say.. NESSAholics.com ;D


They had those shirts, I saw them THE NEXT DAY on tv, I was like someone is a pretty big loser to have those shirts ready the NEXT day...hehe
Title: Power Outages
Post by: PIBby on August 18, 2003, 02:06:12 pm
Yeah. We were gonna go this year, but Ohio ruled my fuking Summer. Jesus, I've bent here atLEAST 7 times this Summer! Now, school's about to start, and . . . I have no time.

(Also, if we raise enoguh money, it's where my class is going for our 8th grade trip, so . . . )
Title: Power Outages
Post by: badsrx7 on August 18, 2003, 02:10:49 pm
Quote from: "danielmarko"
They had those shirts, I saw them THE NEXT DAY on tv, I was like someone is a pretty big loser to have those shirts ready the NEXT day...hehe


I had a shirt the next day
:X


j/k..
My sister works in a t-shirt shop, sooo eventually, I will have one.
Title: Power Outages
Post by: badsrx7 on August 18, 2003, 02:12:34 pm
Quote from: "PIBby"
Yeah. We were gonna go this year, but Ohio ruled my fuking Summer. Jesus, I've bent here atLEAST 7 times this Summer! Now, school's about to start, and . . . I have no time.

(Also, if we raise enoguh money, it's where my class is going for our 8th grade trip, so . . . )


Realllly.. That is lovely..!
Title: Power Outages
Post by: PIBby on August 18, 2003, 02:15:51 pm
Yes, oh, how I am already aware of the loveliness of this.
Title: Power Outages
Post by: LimeTwister on August 19, 2003, 11:29:04 am
oh i heard a funny....

"what caused the power outages?"

















"one dim light bulb in the white house."
Title: Power Outages
Post by: Jophess on August 19, 2003, 02:28:44 pm
On Conan last night (hehe, me and Daniel talk about him nonstop!) they had this song and it was like: *hem hem*

Where were you on the night of the blackout?
Getting ready for a show... yadda yadda yadda....
They say the don't know why the power came to a fault...
But I know for a fact that it was Canada's fault.
SCREW YOU, CANADA!!!!
CANADA, SCREW YOU!!!!
SCREW YOU, CANADA!!!!
CANADA, SCREW YOU!!!!
YEAH!!!!!!!!! SCREW YOU!!!!
YEAH, YEAH, YEAH!!!!!! -

COB: Alright stop, you're scaring me!
Title: Power Outages
Post by: Blake on August 19, 2003, 02:35:31 pm
Quote from: "Nagyovafan"
On Conan last night (hehe, me and Daniel talk about him nonstop!) they had this song and it was like: *hem hem*


yeah that was funny!
Title: Power Outages
Post by: badsrx7 on August 19, 2003, 05:57:39 pm
Have you guys seen Max's summer barbeque?

It's on the NBC site..

I was laughing hysterically last night..

"and Joel dressed as a mermaid"

hahah..