Power outage in New York/Canada

Skeptical Greg · 14th August 2003, 02:09 PM

The story

Quote:

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.

Natural occurrence?

Sundog · 14th August 2003, 02:10 PM

The third thread about it

Grammatron · 14th August 2003, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Diogenes
The story

Natural occurrence?

Yes, natural occurrence implies that it was simply overloaded as in people wanted more power than what was available.

Skeptical Greg · 14th August 2003, 02:15 PM

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Originally posted by Sundog
The third thread about it

I looked.. Honestly.. Where are the others in " Politics, Current Events, and History "...????

Sundog · 14th August 2003, 02:17 PM

http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/showt...threadid=25274

http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/showt...threadid=25272

Skeptical Greg · 14th August 2003, 02:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sundog
http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/showt...threadid=25274

http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/showt...threadid=25272

Thanks.. guess I need to spend more time in " Community "...

I saw this as a " current event "....

Sundog · 14th August 2003, 02:23 PM

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Originally posted by Diogenes

Thanks.. guess I need to spend more time in " Community "...

I saw this as a " current event "....

With all these damned little separate forums nowadays, the only defense I know is using "View New Posts", otherwise I miss stuff.

Aoidoi · 14th August 2003, 02:29 PM

Just to demonstrate my prescience...

Shanek will believe this is due to government regulation of the power industry. If the industry was private it would never have happened. Regardless of arguments against him, he will not budge.

Malachi will believe this is do to the industry being too privatized. He will make extreme long posts with large amounts of C&P in an effort to argue this point. Regardless of arguments against him, he will not budge.

JAR will blame it on whatever minority group is closest.

AUP will say it's the US's fault for something we did. (or is he knee-jerk the other way? sorry, stopped reading those threads)

LK will blame it on people being stupid.

JK would have blamed it on the matriarchal totalitarianism that's ruined the country.

Franko would start an argument about the power grid controls you controls your car.

Genshis Pwn would post pictures of young girls and ask if you would rather be stuck in an elevator when the power goes out with them or a large hairy man.

Girl 6 will ask if various posters are ok.

jon_in_london will point out this sort of thing doesn't happen in the UK and that the US sucks.

Various European posters will ask what the heck is wrong with us on this side of the pond.

The French will smoke.

Sundog · 14th August 2003, 02:32 PM

Attrayant · 14th August 2003, 02:42 PM

Move along, nothing to see here.

Boy am I glad I'm off tomorrow. The network monitoring system must be lighting up like a christmas tree.

On the other hand, I have rail tickets to Penn Station for tomorrow morning.

Malachi151 · 14th August 2003, 02:43 PM

Actually I blame it on over consumption by society

Nah, I don't really blame it on anything, that's just a normal part of working with these types of things on large scales.

Sundog · 14th August 2003, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Aoidoi
The French will smoke.

"Mind if I smoke?"

"I don't care if you burst into flames."

-- some MST3K

Aoidoi · 14th August 2003, 02:49 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Malachi151
Actually I blame it on over consumption by society

Nah, I don't really blame it on anything, that's just a normal part of working with these types of things on large scales.

Yeah, well, I probably wouldn't win the $1 mil, either.

Next thing you know JK will show up and say it's all perfectly normal... just to spite me.

Ladewig · 14th August 2003, 03:17 PM

Quote:

Just to demonstrate my prescience...

I see you skipped the easy one.
Billiefan2000 will blame it on the sinful nature of the Northeastern states.

Jon_in_london · 15th August 2003, 01:03 AM

Dont you guys have a national grid in the US? Sheesh! thats what happens when you wire your country like a string of christmas tree lights..etc..etc...

Grammatron · 15th August 2003, 01:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Jon_in_london
Dont you guys have a national grid in the US? Sheesh! thats what happens when you wire your country like a string of christmas tree lights..etc..etc...

Maybe people on the east coast live like that, but here in Los Angeles I never worry about power. I guess we cool like that

Trollbane · 15th August 2003, 02:35 AM

Ack... I was hoping for a lightning, just so people could freely blame Agur.

reprise · 15th August 2003, 02:42 AM

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Originally posted by Trollbane
Ack... I was hoping for a lightning, just so people could freely blame Agur.

But rapturetroll has already claimed it as a sign of the endtimes. The heatwaves, global warming, the blackout - the whole kit and caboodle - agur doesn't stand a chance.

14th August 2003, 02:09 PM	#1
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14th August 2003, 02:13 PM	#3
Grammatron Philosopher Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 5,446	Re: Power outage in New York/Canada Quote: Originally posted by Diogenes The story Natural occurrence? Yes, natural occurrence implies that it was simply overloaded as in people wanted more power than what was available.
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14th August 2003, 02:15 PM	#4
Skeptical Greg Agave Wine Connoisseur Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Just past 'Resume Speed' Posts: 12,890	Quote: Originally posted by Sundog The third thread about it I looked.. Honestly.. Where are the others in " Politics, Current Events, and History "...????
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14th August 2003, 02:21 PM	#6
Skeptical Greg Agave Wine Connoisseur Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Just past 'Resume Speed' Posts: 12,890	Quote: Originally posted by Sundog http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/showt...threadid=25274 http://www.randi.org/vbulletin/showt...threadid=25272 Thanks.. guess I need to spend more time in " Community "... I saw this as a " current event "....
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Sundog Master Poster Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,071	Quote: Originally posted by Diogenes Thanks.. guess I need to spend more time in " Community "... I saw this as a " current event ".... With all these damned little separate forums nowadays, the only defense I know is using "View New Posts", otherwise I miss stuff.
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14th August 2003, 02:29 PM	#8
Aoidoi Illuminator Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 4,422	Just to demonstrate my prescience... Shanek will believe this is due to government regulation of the power industry. If the industry was private it would never have happened. Regardless of arguments against him, he will not budge. Malachi will believe this is do to the industry being too privatized. He will make extreme long posts with large amounts of C&P in an effort to argue this point. Regardless of arguments against him, he will not budge. JAR will blame it on whatever minority group is closest. AUP will say it's the US's fault for something we did. (or is he knee-jerk the other way? sorry, stopped reading those threads) LK will blame it on people being stupid. JK would have blamed it on the matriarchal totalitarianism that's ruined the country. Franko would start an argument about the power grid controls you controls your car. Genshis Pwn would post pictures of young girls and ask if you would rather be stuck in an elevator when the power goes out with them or a large hairy man. Girl 6 will ask if various posters are ok. jon_in_london will point out this sort of thing doesn't happen in the UK and that the US sucks. Various European posters will ask what the heck is wrong with us on this side of the pond. The French will smoke.
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Sundog Master Poster Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 2,071	Quote: Originally posted by Aoidoi The French will smoke. "Mind if I smoke?" "I don't care if you burst into flames." -- some MST3K
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14th August 2003, 02:49 PM	#13
Aoidoi Illuminator Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 4,422	Quote: Originally posted by Malachi151 Actually I blame it on over consumption by society Nah, I don't really blame it on anything, that's just a normal part of working with these types of things on large scales. Yeah, well, I probably wouldn't win the $1 mil, either. Next thing you know JK will show up and say it's all perfectly normal... just to spite me.
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Grammatron Philosopher Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 5,446	Quote: Originally posted by Jon_in_london Dont you guys have a national grid in the US? Sheesh! thats what happens when you wire your country like a string of christmas tree lights..etc..etc... Maybe people on the east coast live like that, but here in Los Angeles I never worry about power. I guess we cool like that
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15th August 2003, 02:42 AM	#18
reprise Graduate Poster Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 1,859	Quote: Originally posted by Trollbane Ack... I was hoping for a lightning, just so people could freely blame Agur. But rapturetroll has already claimed it as a sign of the endtimes. The heatwaves, global warming, the blackout - the whole kit and caboodle - agur doesn't stand a chance.
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