h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

belive it or not shea...a lot of people live on the other sides of those bridges


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Including me, tac! But how do you get home once you cross the bridge? Walk to Lynbrook?

Care to send me the url to that LA Times map, Ottox?

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/sns-blackout-map,0,536192.graphic?coll=ny-top-span-headlines

Erm...

Though I like BBCs map better. http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/39403000/gif/_39403131_usa_canada_power_203.gif

Hmmm. According to those maps, there should be no power here!

don't tell anyone AW they might come and take yours away too


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I miss all the historic events!!!

umm that's usualy a good thing

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True. I just wanted to be able to say that I survived the great blackout of 2003.

right right...you could say that even now cus it would be true...just don't go into details


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Thanks, Ottox. I talked them into using the LA one instead of mmaking me creat a new one. The LA Times is one of our papers, so they're doing that. Now I'm just going to add to photo galleries. woohoo.

Glad to hear you're both doing ok in the blackout, Shea and Tac!

I think power has started coming back...


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What a joke, the USA has one of the worse power grid systems in the world, and have known about the cascading effects for a long time.

sort yourselves out, get some pilons put it.

-- DoctorMO --

hmmm ok

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My part of Boston is not having power problems.
Why does the first link have Central Massachusetts
in the blackout zone, while the LA Times link
only shows three states (New York, Ohiio, and
Michigan) affected?

becuase

not all areas are totaly out on those maps but they may be affected

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I see.

(Doesn't)

I'm sure the comment about us having a "Third World" power grid was someone's idea of another anti-American disparagement.

The truth is, and I assure you that I am in a position to know ... we have one of the finest power systems in the world here in the Northeastern US. Don't believe every slur and inflamitory statement you hear, Doc.

The power outage was caused by a lightning strike near Niagara, New York. It was simply an act of nature that hit a vulnerable spot on a very hot and steamy afternoon.