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VP 15th Aug 03 05:10 PM

Lets see what the members here think it is.

Capricornxs 15th Aug 03 05:29 PM

i heard mixing reports, maybe it was a lightning that caused an overload which resulted in a fire :)

but yea, they are pretty affirmative it wasnt any malicious act of terrorism. accedents do happen :)

Cyberion 15th Aug 03 05:33 PM

Thought it is was a massive short from one or MORE of the generators....  Me thinks...

/me feels the hot steam seeping out of my ears...

SlickVic78 15th Aug 03 06:39 PM

Well, whatever caused this to happend, it still sucked!  I was getting ready to leave the office in NYC for my very unpleasant commute home when the power went down.  I was pretty much stuck in the city for the night...  Everything is outta whack there - power may be coming back, but the traffic lights aren't working on each corner.  I started my journey home early this morning and happened to find an alternate route...  Took longer to get home, but, at least I am home now. :)

-SlickVic78

Alpine 15th Aug 03 07:08 PM

I have voted

Some dude pushed wrong button

robjohn 15th Aug 03 08:12 PM

It seems to me that unless some idiot did something wrong, it should not have been over such a large area. I was one of the 50 million that didn't have any power. We actually had two failures in SouthWest Ontario.

(Edit - - added the 'not')

belthazor 15th Aug 03 08:57 PM

I seem to be the only one who voted other.
I think it was outdated equipment.
Anyway, it took my house down for 6 hours. I almost went into cyber-withdrawl.

Berlin2 15th Aug 03 09:01 PM

hardware glitch & then software bug, me thinks

robinwilson16 15th Aug 03 09:12 PM

I think some dude pressed the wrong button :lol:

You can't trust these dudes ;)

Thantos 15th Aug 03 11:43 PM

Well I'm not sure myself they said it was caused firstly by the lightning that hit the power plant on the U.S. of the Niagra Region but there have also been talk that it was caused by something wrong in Ohio which I am not certain.  I live in Toronto and was hit by this.. I was actually mowing the lawn at the time and at the moment when I had jsut finished the power went off.. I was wondering why the central air conditioner had suddenly turned off... THis has been a trying two days and apparently there will be many more till monday.. Power here is bing gradually brought back however there isnt enough of it and there are rolling blackouts as in they switch a section of the city offline from the power to bring another to life for a while.. Hopefully it wont happen here but who knows? We shall see!  (I must say someone better upgrade that power grid or at least set it that ppl dont have to rely on one grid alone so that this wont happen!


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