Dauragon 0 Posted August 14, 2003 Quote[/b] ]Major power outage hits New York, other large citiesThursday, August 14, 2003 Posted: 2058 GMT ( 4:58 AM HKT) Â People crowd into the streets of Manhattan during the power outage. NEW YORK (CNN) -- A major power outage simultaneously struck dozens of cities in the United States and Canada late Thursday afternoon. Cities affected include New York; Boston, Massachusetts; Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Toronto, Ontario; and Ottawa, Ontario. The power outage occurred shortly after 4 p.m. State officials said the Niagara-Mohawk power grid was overloaded. The grid provides power for New York and stretches into Canada. The officials said the outage is a natural occurrence and not related to terrorism. Much of Midtown Manhattan and Wall Street were shut down. All area airports and the Long Island Railroad were also affected. The airports were operating on back-up power and operations were reported to be normal, officials said. The New York City Police Department said they were trying to determine what happened. Thousands of people could be seen leaving buildings and walking into the streets. New York subways were reported stopped and people were trapped in the cars. "We are going to have a situation where people are going to have to walk a long distance. They need to be careful," Bloomberg said. "Our advice is to go home, open up your windows, drink a lot of liquids." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Harnu 0 Posted August 14, 2003 Was just watching this on the news. The highways are just packed with people trying to get home. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Milkman 1 Posted August 14, 2003 You beat me to it. Glad it wasn't terrorism. Although it seems one or two engineers are going to get their asses chewed out for not maintaining the power levels properly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Die Alive 0 Posted August 14, 2003 Nah nah nah nah nah, I still got power and AC! But my favorite OFP server is down. I hope there isn't the looting in NY like happened back in 1977. High heat + blackout = Christmas in summer -=Die Alive=- Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EiZei 0 Posted August 14, 2003 Somebody left a unpatched win32 box laying around? :P Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FSPilot 0 Posted August 14, 2003 Probably because of the heat. People turn up their air conditioners and take up tons of juice, i guess it was bound to happen sooner or later. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
denoir 0 Posted August 14, 2003 Hmm. A taste of Baghdad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cam0flage 0 Posted August 14, 2003 Someone post some pictures! But wait, there's no light ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dauragon 0 Posted August 14, 2003 Someone post some pictures! But wait, there's no light ... its 17:17 in new york i dont know what u mean.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VerySolidSnake 0 Posted August 14, 2003 I never knew power grids were this large Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FSPilot 0 Posted August 14, 2003 Hmm. A taste of Baghdad  I knew you were behind this!! There's some switch somewhere turned down that nobody's noticed yet, and it's got your fingerprints on it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shadow 6 Posted August 14, 2003 Too Off-topic ...even for O-T Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
