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« Reply #30 on: August 14, 2003, 07:22:56 pm »
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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 . . .
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« Reply #31 on: August 14, 2003, 08:51:31 pm »
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"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:
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« Reply #32 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
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« Reply #33 on: August 15, 2003, 05:08:15 am »
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Joey and I win for living in the "South!"


So says the girl who wants to move to NYC when shes 18 ;)
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Re: My luck
« Reply #34 on: August 15, 2003, 05:11:25 am »
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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.
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Re: My luck
« Reply #35 on: August 15, 2003, 05:51:36 am »
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sweaty donkey balls.


Dan/NS


yum! nice thought! (jk)
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« Reply #36 on: August 15, 2003, 06:30:03 am »
back from the black...

just in time to work
no justice
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« Reply #37 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:
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« Reply #38 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!
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« Reply #39 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...
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« Reply #40 on: August 15, 2003, 07:34:23 am »
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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)
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« Reply #41 on: August 15, 2003, 12:37:29 pm »
allentown,pa got lucky!
YaY! i have poWeR!!! :wink:
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« Reply #42 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
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« Reply #43 on: August 15, 2003, 12:48:51 pm »
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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)


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« Reply #44 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.
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