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Star_Base_CGI
08-14-2003, 06:56 PM
Hey how comes no ones posted the power thing.

New York, Part of Canada, detroit and Conneticut all without power.

Thats a pretty big deal. THink it could be terrorrists?

Trains, planes and automobiles. Nothings moving.
LittleKrems
08-14-2003, 06:58 PM
i care because my favorite cs server is down...
SomebodySomeoneRTPcf
08-14-2003, 06:59 PM
No stupid com-ed :D. I posted about this too about 30 seconds ago. I was blackedout yesterday for about 30 min.
Another reason to have a paintball gun (during a blackout to protect yourself/keep relatives you hate away:D)
-=Squid=-
08-14-2003, 07:00 PM
Automobiles are moving, it doesnt take electricity to move em...duh...Also, just saw on the news that it is NOT any form of terroristic attack.
SomebodySomeoneRTPcf
08-14-2003, 07:00 PM
I play cs also and its in Mass. but I stopped beacuse I was too good and My Kill:Death ratio was 7 kills for every death.
I think i was about 6000 kills 800 deaths. and I had the most kills with M4A1, cause it rules :D
sps16
08-14-2003, 07:02 PM
its those stupid canadians that messed it up, oh well. this is why i live on the west coast.
darklord
08-14-2003, 07:02 PM
I never got hit by the power outage and I'm in central MA.... I wonder if there's any rioting and looting going around nearby :D
speeddemon
08-14-2003, 07:07 PM
How is anyone goin to post about it, when none of the people its affecting have power to run their computers?
SomebodySomeoneRTPcf
08-14-2003, 07:08 PM
Those phones with the internet :D i got one. (e-mail)
-=Squid=-
08-14-2003, 07:08 PM
....or how are the people in the area going to hear the advice from the news??
SomebodySomeoneRTPcf
08-14-2003, 07:10 PM
major yelling :D
pbguy888
08-14-2003, 07:26 PM
The news just said a lighting bolt hit a power plant in NY(I think) and it just went down grid from there.
Benfica4ever
08-14-2003, 08:03 PM
Nope, it wasent lightning. It wasn some overload thing then it was a cascade.
Star_Base_CGI
08-14-2003, 08:09 PM
Originally posted by speeddemon
How is anyone goin to post about it, when none of the people its affecting have power to run their computers?

Use your communicators...


I never got hit by the power outage and I'm in central MA.... I wonder if there's any rioting and looting going around nearby

Not dark enough yet. Wait about 5 minutes. Than grab some TVs.
Restola
08-14-2003, 08:56 PM
There was a thread on the main board 5 hours ago.

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=97827
Sooky
08-14-2003, 09:15 PM
Originally posted by sps16
its those stupid canadians that messed it up, oh well. this is why i live on the west coast.
Nah, its those Americans who have to rely on us for power.:p
sps16
08-14-2003, 09:30 PM
Originally posted by Sooky

Nah, its those Americans who have to rely on us for power.:p
well not exactly............................shut up :p
acecl22
08-14-2003, 09:32 PM
before i went to work i heard that it may have been caused by too much energy being drawn for air conditioners and such, but i havent watched the news since
SG Avenger
08-15-2003, 05:50 AM
The same thing happened to the West side of the country back in August of 96.

I remember because I was in traffic school all bloody day, and then the power went out and I got away from it early. It was out for several hours from Washington to Mexico, all the way out to Vegas.

No big deal, just shows how dependant we are on convinience.
kevdupuis
08-15-2003, 08:36 AM
Power around here was down till around ten. I must say it was a relaxing evening, I split some wood then sat on the back deck with a cold brew from the cooler and a couple of steaks on the barby. We sat around and talked about nothing much, then when it got dark we stargazed. I didn't worry about the power or being a tech drone and didn't get bored at all.
Isn't it amazing how much background noise we are constantly bombarded with, and how quiet it gets when you lose it.
What a nice break it was for me.
CameraGuy
08-15-2003, 10:14 AM
Power was out for just short of 12 hours in my area. Got me out of my last night shift of the year before going back to school (with partial pay! <hurray>).

Amazing how quiet it was with all of the airconditioners in the neighbourhood turned off. Spent the evening reading by the light of a Coleman lamp.
Albinonewt
08-15-2003, 11:21 AM
The first thread about this

Power Outage (http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=97819)

Before there was anything even on the news. I didn't have a clue what it was when I posted that thread
Creative Mayhem
08-15-2003, 12:09 PM
MY POWER JUST CAME BACK ON!! YAY!!!

Now, on to the chore of cooking all the food that WAS frozen in my freezer. :mad: Oh, well, looks like there might be a small feast at my house.. :D

CM
Albinonewt
08-15-2003, 12:24 PM
Originally posted by Creative Mayhem
MY POWER JUST CAME BACK ON!! YAY!!!

Now, on to the chore of cooking all the food that WAS frozen in my freezer. :mad: Oh, well, looks like there might be a small feast at my house.. :D

CM

Please, if all of Canada lost power it would only affect 20% of the country.
Mango
08-15-2003, 01:34 PM
Originally posted by LittleKrems
i care because my favorite cs server is down...

LMAO! Yeah, my favorite Desert Combat server is down too. :( My world is no more.
-=Squid=-
08-15-2003, 02:06 PM
Originally posted by Albinonewt


Please, if all of Canada lost power it would only affect 20% of the country.

LOL! Thats hilarious man!
Daroy99
08-15-2003, 02:38 PM
Heh........texas has its own power grid. I saw the zones on the news and texas has its own....