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Prayers to those out of power

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Richard Miller_2
Richard Miller_2 Member Posts: 139
in THE MAIN WALL
Hope you are all OK and that the power comes on soon. Kinda scary.

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  • hydronicsmike
    hydronicsmike Member Posts: 855
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    I'll second that motion

    I hope they are back on soon.


    Mike Miller

    -not related :)
  • Jackchips
    Jackchips Member Posts: 344
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    6:41 p.m.

    and it appears things are starting to come back up.

    Anyone remember the blackout of the 60's here on the East Coast? My memory is poor but I believe it was either 65 or 66 and it encompassed all of New England, New York and elsewhere. I was working at a supermarket at the time and with it being pre-terror threats, the atmosphere was much more relaxed. We were more concerned with saving the frozen food than being attacked.
  • Pat Clark
    Pat Clark Member Posts: 187
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    60's blackout

    Wasn't there an enormous increase in children born 9 months after that one??

    Fuzzy memory from the 60's, but that's what I recall.

    It appears it isn't terrorists, just an overload, hope everyone weathers thru OK.

    Pat Clark
  • Jeff Lawrence_17
    Jeff Lawrence_17 Member Posts: 10
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    Time?

    I saw this on another site.

    It didn't take long.....

    http://www.cafeshops.com/2003blackout

    J
  • ScottMP
    ScottMP Member Posts: 5,884
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    Man

    Those people are quick.


    Scott

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  • Mike T., Swampeast MO
    Mike T., Swampeast MO Member Posts: 6,928
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    I sure hope most of you have your "juice" back.

    Some show on History? Channel was devoted to the 60s blackout. Towards the end an electrical engineer was saying something along the lines of, "We think such can't occur again, but strange things can happen."

    Doesn't it happen when a big surge in a heavily loaded system causes plants to go off-line to protect themselves from the surge, then when enough cut out due to the surge others have to disconnect themselves to prevent "crossing over" from the drastically increased demand?

    The house of cards falls rapidly, but it has to be rebuilt piece-by-piece...
  • Dave H_2
    Dave H_2 Member Posts: 556
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    Long and warm and dark

    was the entire night. Power was returned at 5:30 am in my neck of the woods on Long Island.

    Spooky when you know that the outage is not just my house, or my block, or my town, or my county, or just limited to my state!!!!

    One thing is for sure, many people looked up last night and saw stars without any light pollution from the ground effecting their vision.

    Wonderfully quiet night.

    Business is up and running!!

    Dave H.
    Dave H
  • hydronicsmike
    hydronicsmike Member Posts: 855
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    Wow.

    I don't know whether this is good or bad. I think they could have waited a month or two. At least until evertything is back to 'normal'.
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