Major power outage hits New York, other major cities - Club CDFreaks

AnOrO · 14-08-2003

NEW YORK (CNN) -- A major power outage simultaneously struck several large cities in the United States and Canada late Thursday afternoon.

Cities affected include New York; Boston, Massachusetts; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Toronto, Ontario; and Ottawa, Ontario. The power outage occurred shortly after 4 p.m.

Much of Midtown Manhattan and Wall Street were shut down, including all area airports and the Long Island Railroad. The airports were operating on back-up power and operations were reported to be normal, officials said.

The New York City Police Department said they were trying to determine what happened. A Con Edison transformer on East 14th Street in Manhattan was afire, CNN learned.

Thousands of people could be seen leaving buildings and walking into the streets. New York subways were reported stopped and people were trapped in the cars.

*Airhead* · 14-08-2003

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/08/14/pow...age/index.html

Cool, well maybe not for those in the subway but at least it was good weather outside

Best of all:

Quote:

"We are going to have a situation where people are going to have to walk a long distance.
They need to be careful."

Maybe they need to cut down on the Burgerking and McDonalds?

Edit: Just saw the news (yes they even aired it here as "breaking news", quite silly) whoa that's alot of people up and about. Makes me wonder even more what would have happened if it would have been raining

And I doubt we'll see our NYC correspondent, FlyingD, for a couple of hours. Report when you get online FD

*cmr3000x* · 14-08-2003

Once again, New York gets it up the ass..........
Just glad that I live in Cali!

*slayerking* · 15-08-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by Airhead

Edit: Just saw the news (yes they even aired it here as "breaking news", quite silly) whoa that's alot of people up and about. Makes me wonder even more what would have happened if it would have been raining
And I doubt we'll see our NYC correspondent, FlyingD, for a couple of hours. Report when you get online FD

Yeah it is silly they just showed it on the news here too as "breaking news" how rediculous

**Da_Taxman** · 15-08-2003

Last Wednesday we had a power failure too, 2 neighbouring villages and large part of my own city was without power for nearly 4 hours....we were sent home because of it (and just when we heard we could go home, the power came back on...still went home though

)

But that I didn't see on CNN.....here it was a cat in a power distributing unit...

*ckin2001* · 15-08-2003

i doubt your power outage shut down power for 50 million people :P (last number i saw, proly exaggerated)

DryBaboon · 15-08-2003

What do American CDFreaks think?
Oh- wait - they can't log on.
Mwah ha haaa.
Apparently this is going to happen to UK this winter though.

I liked the story about people being able to see the stars in Manhattan.

**Dee-ehn** · 15-08-2003

I just read that Detroit could be suffering from this problem until sunday... poor people...!

winter_hawk87 · 15-08-2003

I live in ontario, and i just got my power back.
We lost power at 4:15pm yesterday.

i missed CSI and ER last night

I was "REALLY" annoyed because when it happened i was across the city (a mere 20 feet away from cinnibon

) and had the take the busses home, through downtown rush hour traffic with no traffic lights. (it look 3 hours and it usually takes 1.)
We don't know if the power will stay on though. (the govenment has been talking about "rolling" the power)

Also, 50 million people actually were affected. (It wasn't an exaggeration)
From what i have heard, some people in the US don't even have water, and some people are under a boil water alert.

*Mr. Belvedere* · 15-08-2003

Quote:

i missed CSI

DAMN!

Quote:

and ER last night

Good riddance !

DryBaboon · 15-08-2003

Anyone know if this has had any effect on the internet?

*Airhead* · 16-08-2003

Hehe, yeah missing ER can really make you mad

Last winter there were people without power for a week in the countryside, now that's hard.

*Flying Dutchman* · 16-08-2003

26 hours 25 minutes without electricity. This is the darkest I have seen my city ever. It was literally like a carnival! Stores giving away food rather than seeing it spoil, people getting rid of their meat through block BBQ's. I met so many people who suddenly felt like brothers through lack of electricity.

Its amazing how little one values electricity until one loses it. No TV, no computer, reading by candlelight and cooling yourself off with paper fans. Even though I at one point had no water and it became like an oven, I met really cool people and ate way too many ribs.

Once again, New York City rocks! It was all worth it in the end plus now I have the right to say to my fellow New York "brothers": Where were you when the lights went out?

Blame Canada! Blame Canada!

*Airhead* · 16-08-2003

Our man in NY is back!
Something good comes out of everything

AnOrO · 16-08-2003

New York Gov. George Pataki said about 8 p.m. that power had been restored to virtually every customer in New York City.

Source: CNN

*Flying Dutchman* · 16-08-2003

Yea, I got mine back around 7. My friend in the Chelsea neighborhood got his closer to 8. This is one of those times when you ask yourself, how did they manage to live a hundred years ago without electrical cooling?

*Kenshin* · 16-08-2003

Hm... A small UPS cannot do at my home. This reminds me of that need.

**Hemispasm** · 16-08-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by Kenshin
Hm... A small UPS cannot do at my home. This reminds me of that need.

Yeah Kenny, i think its hightime you got a 10000000000watt generator, you IT-Freak

*Airhead* · 17-08-2003

*ckin2001* · 17-08-2003

http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com...2751479848.jpg

satellite picture of before / after

*Airhead* · 18-08-2003

Ah, nobody understood my subtle joke of inserting a nuclear power plant into downtown Seoul...

**Hemispasm** · 18-08-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by Airhead
Ah, nobody understood my subtle joke of inserting a nuclear power plant into downtown Seoul...

Oops where? An arrow would have helped, oh great Huntini

14-08-2003	#1 (permalink)
AnOrO CD Freaks Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Eternal Spring City Posts: 219	Major power outage hits New York, other major cities <a href='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/ck.php?n=a13febf7&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE' target='_blank'><img src='http://adstats.cdfreaks.com/www/delivery/avw.php?zoneid=30&cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&n=a13febf7' border='0' alt='' /></a> NEW YORK (CNN) -- A major power outage simultaneously struck several large cities in the United States and Canada late Thursday afternoon. Cities affected include New York; Boston, Massachusetts; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Toronto, Ontario; and Ottawa, Ontario. The power outage occurred shortly after 4 p.m. Much of Midtown Manhattan and Wall Street were shut down, including all area airports and the Long Island Railroad. The airports were operating on back-up power and operations were reported to be normal, officials said. The New York City Police Department said they were trying to determine what happened. A Con Edison transformer on East 14th Street in Manhattan was afire, CNN learned. Thousands of people could be seen leaving buildings and walking into the streets. New York subways were reported stopped and people were trapped in the cars. __________________

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cmr3000x CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: NorCal SacTown Status: ÇªΓFεΐИз Άđdї©Ŧ Posts: 1,272	Once again, New York gets it up the ass.......... Just glad that I live in Cali! __________________ .: Take some time out to read the rules! .: Let's test the patience of some random member! .: Member # 12,680 :.

15-08-2003	#5 (permalink)
Da_Taxman Senior (non-technical) Admin Join Date: Mar 2000 Location: Eindhoven, The Netherlands Posts: 13,434	Last Wednesday we had a power failure too, 2 neighbouring villages and large part of my own city was without power for nearly 4 hours....we were sent home because of it (and just when we heard we could go home, the power came back on...still went home though ) But that I didn't see on CNN.....here it was a cat in a power distributing unit... __________________ By registering to our forum you accepted our rules and policies (Dutch), so respect CD Freaks by respecting these rules and policies; Please read these helpful tips and links for all (newbies and oldtimers) Please describe your problem as clear as possible in your topic title, so that others can see what it is about and are more inclined to help if it is something they know something about; I do not provide technical support over E-mail or Private Message (emails with such requests will be bounced); Please post your questions as clear as possible, so others can help you get a correct answer sooner; Please use our search, you might get an answer to your question sooner that way; For any forum related issues you can contact me through PM; I don't dislike newbies, just lazy people who expect others to do their work for them.

15-08-2003	#6 (permalink)
ckin2001 CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Strongbadia Posts: 3,408	i doubt your power outage shut down power for 50 million people :P (last number i saw, proly exaggerated) __________________ www.livingwithoutmicrosoft.org last 5 cd's Avril Lavigne - Whatever the new one is called Lucky Boys Confusion - Throwing the Game lostprophets - Start Something Story of the Year - Page Avenue Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Don't let schooling interfere with your education. -Mark Twain

15-08-2003	#7 (permalink)
DryBaboon CD Freaks Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: CHINA Posts: 236	What do American CDFreaks think? Oh- wait - they can't log on. Mwah ha haaa. Apparently this is going to happen to UK this winter though. I liked the story about people being able to see the stars in Manhattan. __________________ ________________________ Four cheers for me. ________________________

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15-08-2003	#9 (permalink)
winter_hawk87 New on Forum Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25	I live in ontario, and i just got my power back. We lost power at 4:15pm yesterday. i missed CSI and ER last night I was "REALLY" annoyed because when it happened i was across the city (a mere 20 feet away from cinnibon ) and had the take the busses home, through downtown rush hour traffic with no traffic lights. (it look 3 hours and it usually takes 1.) We don't know if the power will stay on though. (the govenment has been talking about "rolling" the power) Also, 50 million people actually were affected. (It wasn't an exaggeration) From what i have heard, some people in the US don't even have water, and some people are under a boil water alert.

15-08-2003	#11 (permalink)
DryBaboon CD Freaks Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: CHINA Posts: 236	Anyone know if this has had any effect on the internet? __________________ ________________________ Four cheers for me. ________________________

16-08-2003	#12 (permalink)
Airhead Letiled Modelatol Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: La Suède Posts: 6,893	Hehe, yeah missing ER can really make you mad Last winter there were people without power for a week in the countryside, now that's hard. __________________ This line is currently vacant. Or Is It??? You want fast answers? Use our search. <-- Or else! If you have not already, read our rules! <-- Or else again! bcn_246: "Wales are shitty animals to, all they do is swim around and make funny noises that people cant hear." You really should join us on IRC! IrcNet, #cdfreaks-int \| Or go here Fear my massive avatar history log! Not updated! "But do they keep increasing in size like mine?" - kwkard

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Flying Dutchman CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: NYC / Binghamton Posts: 1,369	26 hours 25 minutes without electricity. This is the darkest I have seen my city ever. It was literally like a carnival! Stores giving away food rather than seeing it spoil, people getting rid of their meat through block BBQ's. I met so many people who suddenly felt like brothers through lack of electricity. Its amazing how little one values electricity until one loses it. No TV, no computer, reading by candlelight and cooling yourself off with paper fans. Even though I at one point had no water and it became like an oven, I met really cool people and ate way too many ribs. Once again, New York City rocks! It was all worth it in the end plus now I have the right to say to my fellow New York "brothers": Where were you when the lights went out? Blame Canada! Blame Canada! __________________ I'm not spamming, I'm trying to help people And the CDFreaks living room has reached a new low...

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Airhead Letiled Modelatol Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: La Suède Posts: 6,893	Our man in NY is back! Something good comes out of everything __________________ This line is currently vacant. Or Is It??? You want fast answers? Use our search. <-- Or else! If you have not already, read our rules! <-- Or else again! bcn_246: "Wales are shitty animals to, all they do is swim around and make funny noises that people cant hear." You really should join us on IRC! IrcNet, #cdfreaks-int \| Or go here Fear my massive avatar history log! Not updated! "But do they keep increasing in size like mine?" - kwkard

16-08-2003	#15 (permalink)
AnOrO CD Freaks Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Eternal Spring City Posts: 219	New York Gov. George Pataki said about 8 p.m. that power had been restored to virtually every customer in New York City. Source: CNN __________________

16-08-2003	#16 (permalink)
Flying Dutchman CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: NYC / Binghamton Posts: 1,369	Yea, I got mine back around 7. My friend in the Chelsea neighborhood got his closer to 8. This is one of those times when you ask yourself, how did they manage to live a hundred years ago without electrical cooling? __________________ I'm not spamming, I'm trying to help people And the CDFreaks living room has reached a new low...

16-08-2003	#17 (permalink)
Kenshin CDFreaks Resident Join Date: May 2002 Location: Near Seoul, South Korea Posts: 12,363	Hm... A small UPS cannot do at my home. This reminds me of that need. __________________ Kill Confucius

17-08-2003	#19 (permalink)
Airhead Letiled Modelatol Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: La Suède Posts: 6,893	I can see Ken's place __________________ This line is currently vacant. Or Is It??? You want fast answers? Use our search. <-- Or else! If you have not already, read our rules! <-- Or else again! bcn_246: "Wales are shitty animals to, all they do is swim around and make funny noises that people cant hear." You really should join us on IRC! IrcNet, #cdfreaks-int \| Or go here Fear my massive avatar history log! Not updated! "But do they keep increasing in size like mine?" - kwkard

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17-08-2003	#20 (permalink)
ckin2001 CDFreaks Resident Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Strongbadia Posts: 3,408	http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com...2751479848.jpg satellite picture of before / after __________________ www.livingwithoutmicrosoft.org last 5 cd's Avril Lavigne - Whatever the new one is called Lucky Boys Confusion - Throwing the Game lostprophets - Start Something Story of the Year - Page Avenue Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Don't let schooling interfere with your education. -Mark Twain

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Airhead Letiled Modelatol Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: La Suède Posts: 6,893	Ah, nobody understood my subtle joke of inserting a nuclear power plant into downtown Seoul... __________________ This line is currently vacant. Or Is It??? You want fast answers? Use our search. <-- Or else! If you have not already, read our rules! <-- Or else again! bcn_246: "Wales are shitty animals to, all they do is swim around and make funny noises that people cant hear." You really should join us on IRC! IrcNet, #cdfreaks-int \| Or go here Fear my massive avatar history log! Not updated! "But do they keep increasing in size like mine?" - kwkard

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