So why did the power go out? [message #39697] |
Fri, 15 August 2003 16:16 |
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jon200000
Messages: 23 Registered: March 2003 Location: Montreal, Quebec
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LOL. I told them to watch for stank rushes on the pp!!
In all seriousness though, it had to suck for all those people sleeping on the street last night. I feal privelaged because we are on a different grid where I live here in Quebec.
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So why did the power go out? [message #39814] |
Sat, 16 August 2003 06:13 |
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Crimson
Messages: 7429 Registered: February 2003 Location: Phoenix, AZ
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I'm in Arizona, so we didn't feel the blackout, but about 5 minutes after the East Coast lost power, a couple city blocks in downtown Phoenix lost power as well... coincidence?
Also, this same week, a large pipeline that carries fuel for vehicles from Tucson in Southern Arizona to Phoenix broke. It's physical damage, and a lot of the line is going to have to be simply replaced... and now the stations that even HAVE fuel at all are charging us upwards of 33 cents more per gallon than the day before the problem started.
All these major utility problems in the same week? Coincidence?
I'm the bawss.
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So why did the power go out? [message #39931] |
Sat, 16 August 2003 13:11 |
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jon200000
Messages: 23 Registered: March 2003 Location: Montreal, Quebec
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Yeah it does seem somewhat suspicious. I'm sure that the conspiracy theorists have all sorts of different takes on what might of really happened.
It's also funny how when it first began, both the Canadian and American governments started pointing fingers and really didn't seem to know what was going on. At least that's the impression they were giving through the media.
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