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Breaking News! Northeast of North America in Blackout
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WDWFREAK53
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I was so worried about you! Don't you ever EVER do that to me again do you hear me missy?!?!?! (Hehehe :kiss: )
Hmmm...now...about what happened...AFTER you hung up :zipit:
WDWFREAK53
Well-Known Member
Ummm...not only are they suffering from a power outage...but it looks like a drop in attendance too!!! :lol:
Sally_doll
New Member
yeah my power finaly came back on!:sohappy:
it went out just after 4 pm and came back on at 6 am but then it went out again for another 2 hours.
last night we had a huge street party where everyone brought ice cream out of their fridge and shared it. I knew something good could come out of this black out
it went out just after 4 pm and came back on at 6 am but then it went out again for another 2 hours.
last night we had a huge street party where everyone brought ice cream out of their fridge and shared it. I knew something good could come out of this black out
RickEff
Active Member
We seem to still have rolling blackouts here in Southern Ontario. I guess until the grid stabalizes they're going to turn certain areas off while they turn new ones on to not overload the system.
Went into work this morning with the power on, and was sent home at noon when it shut off again. It'll probably be a weekend of on again off again electricity.
Could be a lot worse, but it sure tells you how much you rely on electricity!
I'm curious - to those that didn't lose power, did you find the Internet slower? I'm sure tens of thousands of sites were down, and I'm guess several hubs and repeaters went down too.
Hope everybody weathered this a-okay!
Rick
Went into work this morning with the power on, and was sent home at noon when it shut off again. It'll probably be a weekend of on again off again electricity.
Could be a lot worse, but it sure tells you how much you rely on electricity!
I'm curious - to those that didn't lose power, did you find the Internet slower? I'm sure tens of thousands of sites were down, and I'm guess several hubs and repeaters went down too.
Hope everybody weathered this a-okay!
Rick
darthdarrel
New Member
Our power went off again for about an hour and a half. It`s back on now.
thumper
Active Member
Hi all - boy, does it feel good to be connected again! We live an hour north of NYC and lost power around 4PM yesterday. It came back on around 5AM this morning. You can't even imagine the lines at the gas stations around here today..so crazy! My hubby was stuck on a commuter train (Metro North) when this outage occurred yesterday. Fortunately, it was an old diesel train, so they had a/c..but I still had to pick him up about 45 min south of where we live. It was very creepy driving around last night with no traffic lights working.
Needless to say, everything here is back to normal. The phone connections are still not up to par. We still know a few people in the city trying to figure out how to get home.
Based on the news, it just seems like there's a lot of finger pointing going on...I hope they don't waste time trying to figure out "who dunit"; rather update the antiquated system!!!:brick:
Hope everyone else is doing well!:wave:
Needless to say, everything here is back to normal. The phone connections are still not up to par. We still know a few people in the city trying to figure out how to get home.
Based on the news, it just seems like there's a lot of finger pointing going on...I hope they don't waste time trying to figure out "who dunit"; rather update the antiquated system!!!:brick:
Hope everyone else is doing well!:wave:
castlecake2.0
Well-Known Member
A whole 24 hours without hydro, i didnt think I would make it. It was wierd I was at work when it happended the lights got so bright then POOF! it went black. We had to go around the store and 'collect' all the customers before they could take advantage of no security alarms working. THen our manager sent us home early YAY! The Premier of Ontario has said that we should expect rolling black outs across the provine till atleast monday. Well, hope everyone is OK!
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Wckd Queen
New Member
Yeah! Im back!! :sohappy: I missed WDWMagic so much!! I was having withdrawls!!!
Whew! That was indeed an ordeal! I work in advertising, and Thursday is deadline day for the New York Times. Our office was jumping at 4pm and then POOF!! Power outtage! Now, its an old building in an old part of town, and this sometimes happens to us in the summer. The power will pop off and pop on. Only this time, it didnt pop back on! :lol: We sat there a few minutes, with the battery backups screetching at us, and then the boss came lumbering up the steps at top speed (hes got bad knees, and to see him running up steps, you KNOW somethings up) He was yelling "TIMES WENT DOWN WHEN WE DID!!" Well, within 5 minutes, phones were ringing all over the office, and we were finding out how severe this really was.
People were stuck in the subway tubes under the river, in elevators, on rides at Great Adventure...people, well, they were stuck. Some couldnt even get out of the city last night. I had a little battery operated tv at home, and I was watching whatever channel would come in (at times, Telemundo was the only one. Lets just say I now know WHY I failed Spanish :lol: ) I saw on one station that the Marriot Marquis in Times Square was not letting the hotel guests back into their rooms. Dont know what the reason was.
Our power was restored around 1:30am, and I had to iron something to wear to work :lol: Most of Westchester came back on in the wee small hours of the morning. Unfortunately, mass transit didnt, so some people in our office couldnt get in. New Rochelle, NY (home to Rob and Laura Petrie ) didnt come back until 4pm tonite! Oh, and our dsl line at the office was down and I couldnt get online till tonite!
So far, so good. Fingers are crossed. Im going away this weekend, and as long as they have power where Im going, Im a happy camper :lol:
Whew! That was indeed an ordeal! I work in advertising, and Thursday is deadline day for the New York Times. Our office was jumping at 4pm and then POOF!! Power outtage! Now, its an old building in an old part of town, and this sometimes happens to us in the summer. The power will pop off and pop on. Only this time, it didnt pop back on! :lol: We sat there a few minutes, with the battery backups screetching at us, and then the boss came lumbering up the steps at top speed (hes got bad knees, and to see him running up steps, you KNOW somethings up) He was yelling "TIMES WENT DOWN WHEN WE DID!!" Well, within 5 minutes, phones were ringing all over the office, and we were finding out how severe this really was.
People were stuck in the subway tubes under the river, in elevators, on rides at Great Adventure...people, well, they were stuck. Some couldnt even get out of the city last night. I had a little battery operated tv at home, and I was watching whatever channel would come in (at times, Telemundo was the only one. Lets just say I now know WHY I failed Spanish :lol: ) I saw on one station that the Marriot Marquis in Times Square was not letting the hotel guests back into their rooms. Dont know what the reason was.
Our power was restored around 1:30am, and I had to iron something to wear to work :lol: Most of Westchester came back on in the wee small hours of the morning. Unfortunately, mass transit didnt, so some people in our office couldnt get in. New Rochelle, NY (home to Rob and Laura Petrie
) didnt come back until 4pm tonite! Oh, and our dsl line at the office was down and I couldnt get online till tonite! So far, so good. Fingers are crossed. Im going away this weekend, and as long as they have power where Im going, Im a happy camper :lol:
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
Originally posted by Dean[AU]
Before and After blackout
that is so kewl...who had their lights on in Rochester while I suffered?!
WDWFREAK53
Well-Known Member
What??? There was a blackout???
Why am I always left in the dark* :lookaroun
(and yes...I do see the Mickey! :lol: )
*This joke brought to you courtesy of the BJC
Why am I always left in the dark* :lookaroun
(and yes...I do see the Mickey! :lol: )
*This joke brought to you courtesy of the BJC