Poor Sal stuck in the 2003 Blackout! I hope you guys are OK and I know you have know way of checking out the forum until the power is back up! I don't know who else is up on teh east coast...but I hope you are staying cool somehow without A/C. Man that sucks!
Hope you Yankees are OK!
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I'm back!!!
My power went out around 4:30 PM (just like everyone else, I guess) and came back on at around 9:30 or 10PM. Cleveland still doesn't have power. I'm about 40 miles west of Cleveland.
The front of my house gets alot of evening sun and gets really hot and stays that way until around midnight......I'm glad it came on when it did. I feel sorry for those that still don't have power.
I was thinking of sleeping outside where it's a little cooler. Glad I didn't have to.
My neighbor ran a line from his generator over to my house so I could keep the fridge cold........mmmmmm...cold beer!! :bouncy:
My power went out around 4:30 PM (just like everyone else, I guess) and came back on at around 9:30 or 10PM. Cleveland still doesn't have power. I'm about 40 miles west of Cleveland.
The front of my house gets alot of evening sun and gets really hot and stays that way until around midnight......I'm glad it came on when it did. I feel sorry for those that still don't have power.
I was thinking of sleeping outside where it's a little cooler. Glad I didn't have to.
My neighbor ran a line from his generator over to my house so I could keep the fridge cold........mmmmmm...cold beer!! :bouncy:
Yeah, tough deal for everyone that was(or still is) involved in the blackout.
Of all things, my son is supposed to be going to NYC for his birthday today. His girlfriend had planned a surprise trip up there. I just hope they check out the places they were supposed to go to see if the places are even open today, before they bother heading up there. They say that 2/3 of NY is still without power and that sounds like a mess to be avoided if you ask me.
Of all things, my son is supposed to be going to NYC for his birthday today. His girlfriend had planned a surprise trip up there. I just hope they check out the places they were supposed to go to see if the places are even open today, before they bother heading up there. They say that 2/3 of NY is still without power and that sounds like a mess to be avoided if you ask me.
mine went out at 4:30. I was outside washing my caddy when i did and i had no idea. I eneded up using all the water up in the pipes... oops. lol.
It didnt go back on till 12:30 am. It was hot as hell in my room all night, I havent showred since wed night at 8:30, but i went swimming in a friends pool last night ot freshen up. To entertain myself, I played scrabble with my parents last night under candle light.... I got my ass handed to me in that game... ever ty to make a word with the following letters: KSOOOIUA? I kept getting vowels.
anyway, time to go to work in the heat... at least its not humid too!
It didnt go back on till 12:30 am. It was hot as hell in my room all night, I havent showred since wed night at 8:30, but i went swimming in a friends pool last night ot freshen up. To entertain myself, I played scrabble with my parents last night under candle light.... I got my ass handed to me in that game... ever ty to make a word with the following letters: KSOOOIUA? I kept getting vowels.
anyway, time to go to work in the heat... at least its not humid too!
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Power wen't out in Orange county N.Y. at about 4:10pm but we had it back by 9:00pm. We were the lucky ones. My husband works NYC and he stayed home from work today as the city is still mostly without power as of 6:30am
Definately glad you guys are OK! Watching the news was scary. I couldn't imagine walking down in the dark in the subway..then walking home, especailly if you lived in Jersey! Ouch! :disappoin
Anyway..no Sal Yet??
Anyway..no Sal Yet??
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Ha, had to change the titles because i don't like the yankees...
Anyway, as soon as i heard about what areas the power went off in, I figured that something must be going on in the Niagara falls area. The affected grid is obviously surrounding Niagara falls and since NYC gets all its power from there and so does toronto, detroit, cleveland...it was my initial thought.
Now I'm thinking, why the hell can't they diagnose what went wrong. The ruled out terrorism at the beginning, and we all hope it wasn't, but how can they make that ruling if they don't even know what caused the problem.
Anyway, I'm going to Niagara falls tonight on my way to Michigan in the CAD-ILL-LAC and I'm hoping there will be power by then in those areas. Funny how coincidences work
PEACE
Ha, had to change the titles because i don't like the yankees...
Anyway, as soon as i heard about what areas the power went off in, I figured that something must be going on in the Niagara falls area. The affected grid is obviously surrounding Niagara falls and since NYC gets all its power from there and so does toronto, detroit, cleveland...it was my initial thought.
Now I'm thinking, why the hell can't they diagnose what went wrong. The ruled out terrorism at the beginning, and we all hope it wasn't, but how can they make that ruling if they don't even know what caused the problem.
Anyway, I'm going to Niagara falls tonight on my way to Michigan in the CAD-ILL-LAC and I'm hoping there will be power by then in those areas. Funny how coincidences work
PEACE
Priorities man, priorities.Sal Collaziano said:I'm back! Power came on a few hours ago. No work today, though.. Girlfriend is home.. I'll have plenty to do.
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And movie directors show us flying around in backpacks in a couple of years...Yeah, right, we're still getting the same blackouts as 25 years ago. ( at least now the power comes back sooner)
Lol. I bet there's a mini-baby boom all around the east in say about 9 months kind of like there was in 1965...don't get me wrong Sal, I'm not insinuating anything...the Sandman said:Priorities man, priorities.
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We lost a whole lot of powervanaisa said:
.....Anyway, in new york, and as far west as detroit, the power has been out for a long time...... Basically all of manhattan was out, and that is a big deal......
Apparently, a power plant in Ottowa (stupid canadians
) had to shut down, and it overloaded the other plants in the area, so they had to shut down those also, to keep them from 'splodin.......Great...I'm giong to be driving through New York, Canada, and Michigan and they are all in a state of emergency...!! :annoyed:
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Fear not, AirJigga, we're all in pretty good shape in N.Y. by now...1:30pm
I can't wait to get the hell out of work today. I need my vacation sooo bad!Angela Desmond said:
I'll be here by this time tomorrow....
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My bad...
Cool Sal..good to hear all is OK!
Ok I guess I have been living in the south too long! I actually called northerners yankees! hehe..no offence, sorry!AirJigga25 said:
My bad...Cool Sal..good to hear all is OK!
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