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Subject: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: Mike_Florio on 08/14/03 at 10:24 p.m.

Wow, being from the suberb of New York City, Valley Stream, New York, my power went out at about 4:20.  I spent my afternoon talking on the phone to my friend who was alone in his house and didnt know what to do, and I invited him to come to mine, but he never showed, maybe I should call or something...anyway, I got to bbq for dinner, yay, and then I just rode out on the open road checking out the dark dark surrounding towns, to find that two towns over, in Rockville Center, New York, power was up and fully restored.  When I returned home at like 11, power was back, but cablevision wasnt up, so I couldnt tell you guys until now, when Cablevision returned.  Thanks for your concern you know ::), I thought the board would be flooded with this stuff.   ;) :)  Anyway, I survived, adn thats all that matters.

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: Hairspray on 08/14/03 at 11:17 p.m.

It's great you made it alright. I had just replied to your post on this issue in the other thread too. Aren't you glad you weren't trapped in an elevator or subway?

I had the same thought you did about how there was very little on the subject in the forums. Maybe some people's power is still out?

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: Mike_Florio on 08/14/03 at 11:38 p.m.

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It's great you made it alright. I had just replied to your post on this issue in the other thread too. Aren't you glad you weren't trapped in an elevator or subway?

I had the same thought you did about how there was very little on the subject in the forums. Maybe some people's power is still out?
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Yeah, over half the state is still out...just the towns by Rockville Center are up and running.  Well Billy works in the Library at Hofstra university, and there mightve been problems with people in the elevators, that would suck beign trapped there.  

but you shouldve seen it on the street, I was driving around, and I needed gas, so we stopped into a gas station in Lynbrook(town between Valley stream(where I live), and Rockville Center), and the line was like two blocks long.  And there were cars actually trying to cut the line and get in from the seccond enterence of the gas station for gas, and a fist fight was started by a motorist and a gas station attendent.  Im suprised there was enough gas to last for that many cars.  And the drivers were crazy tonight, I almost got rear-ended like 8 times.  

But thanks for your concern... :)

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: Fred on 08/15/03 at 01:13 a.m.

Wow Mike, I'm glad your alright.

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: Mike_Florio on 08/15/03 at 01:45 a.m.

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Wow Mike, I'm glad your alright.
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Thanks...

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: 80s_cheerleader on 08/15/03 at 06:12 a.m.

Well, considering I couldn't get online at all last night, I think it's safe to say that the power outage (in some way, shape or form) affected those who weren't in the NE as well.

Anyway, I'm glad you & Billy survived.  And, all others out there who did. :D

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: karen (Guest) on 08/15/03 at 06:55 a.m.

The lunchtime news here in Britain carried a report on this.  I only caught the last bit of it.  They are still not sure what the cause was but it seems likely that a fire at a power station caused the problem.  The grid is probably close to maximum capacity with everyone running the air-con.  One station going down overloaded other parts and it dominoed from there.

Hope no one was too badly affected by this, other than not being able to get on-line of course!

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: jaytee on 08/15/03 at 08:32 a.m.

In Australia the story has changed during the course of the day.   First we heard it may have been terrorists.  Can't blame em for thinking that. Then we hear on tonights news that due to the hot weather too many air conditioners were being used which caused a huge demand on the system and it shut down.

I 've been wondering about Howard today.  Given that he is phobic about train travel I hope he wasn't on the subway when power was lost.

Glad it was caused by nothing more than hot people trying to cool down.

Cheers.

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: Jimmy_J. on 08/15/03 at 08:41 a.m.

I heard it was caused by either a power failure or a fire.

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: CatwomanofV on 08/15/03 at 09:29 a.m.

Like I said in another thread, we just got a power surge. Couldn't figure out what caused it until I turned on the t.v. about hour later.



Cat

Subject: Re: I survived the 2003 blackout!

Written By: Howard on 08/15/03 at 11:57 a.m.

I was so lucky.I just came off the city bus from work at about 4:20 yesterday and I saw traffic lights were out so I thought it was the traffic lights only,my assumption.As I came home,I saw my Mother and neighbor standing outside and they told me,"There has been a blackout".I couldn't believe it,I just freaked out.No air conditioner,no fan,no nothing.I was sweating like a pig.My Mother and I were waiting for my Father at about midnight and I tried to go to sleep.The windows were wide open.The power,what's most of it came on this morning at about 8am.I breathed a sigh of relief and we made it.16 hours(NYC)without power was not that great but I lived it,I can say that.So what if I miss a day of work,who cares.What counts is that everyone is alive! ;)  

Howard

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: Tone-Def on 08/15/03 at 12:16 a.m.

i just got power back about 15 minutes ago even though they had power across the street all morning

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: oddxsocks on 08/15/03 at 02:29 p.m.

it's glad to hear that everyone survived the blackout.  i was at my grandmother's house when we heard about it; she didn't loose power (i don't think they lost power here either).  i kept wondering how the board members were doing and who was affected by the power outage.  (is that a sign of being addicted to the boards? ;))

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: panda on 08/15/03 at 04:51 p.m.

hey, i survived, too...and i was working in a grocery store at the time.  let me tell you...grocery stores during blackouts are a little piece of h*ll on earth.

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: CeramicsFanatic on 08/15/03 at 05:25 p.m.

I can relate to you guys who didn't have power yesterday.  I grew up in a place that was always having rolling power outages.  Do you know what those are?  We had set schedules as to when our area would be without power because the place where I lived couldn't supply the load that was necessary to sustain everybody.  Sometimes our power would be out for a couple of hours at a time, two or three times a day.  Other times it was longer.  It wasn't fun, but we learned to live with it.

I don't know why some people make such a big deal out of a single incident.  I have a feeling that it's probably because many take having power, water, etc. for granted.  

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: pleonasm on 08/15/03 at 06:58 p.m.

I'm in a suburb of Detroit.  The power just came back on about an hour ago!  I was out in my car charging my cell phone and the neighbors all came outside yelling "IT'S ON!! IT'S ON!!"  

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: Mike_Florio on 08/15/03 at 08:00 p.m.

Yeah, well it looks like we could all blame Canada for this one...;D...I knew it wasnt terrorism all along...but thank you everybody for your support...

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: Howard on 08/16/03 at 10:48 a.m.

It is ironic that:

I came off the bus on that Thursday afternoon at about 4:20pm and BOOM! It had started.It never happened an hour before cause I was still on the train and everything was fine at first.I could've been stuck in the city.Lucky Me! ;D

4:11pm and 9/11.somewhat similar.

Does anyone else have any ironies from that day?

Howard

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: Mike_Florio on 08/16/03 at 08:52 p.m.

Quoting:
It is ironic that:

I came off the bus on that Thursday afternoon at about 4:20pm and BOOM! It had started.It never happened an hour before cause I was still on the train and everything was fine at first.I could've been stuck in the city.Lucky Me! ;D

4:11pm and 9/11.somewhat similar.

Does anyone else have any ironies from that day?

Howard
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Oh yeah, I forgot youre in Queens...when did you get your power back?

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: AstringOfPoloponies on 08/17/03 at 10:12 a.m.

Being here  NYC (Brooklyn) , our electricity went out at 4:11 P.M.. It was 91* that day. All was well.Drivers were pretty much not taking turns at intersections, though. My friend in Manhattan saw a guy come out of a pub, with beer mug in hand, to direct traffic. Our electricity came back around 3:00 A.M. Friday morning. 8)

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: Howard on 08/17/03 at 12:15 a.m.


Quoting:


Oh yeah, I forgot youre in Queens...when did you get your power back?
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8am Friday Morning. Thank God!

Howard

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: CatwomanofV on 08/17/03 at 01:51 p.m.


Quoting:
Yeah, well it looks like we could all blame Canada for this one...;D...I knew it wasnt terrorism all along...but thank you everybody for your support...
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Now they are saying that it started outside Cleveland. So much for blaiming it on Canada.



Cat

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: Mike_Florio on 08/17/03 at 08:55 p.m.

Quoting:



Now they are saying that it started outside Cleveland. So much for blaiming it on Canada.



Cat
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lol...thats exactly what I said to my friend Sean when they first discovered this...

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: Ice Princess 86 on 08/17/03 at 11:39 p.m.

Glad to hear you're okay...
No offence, but is New York accident prone?

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: Mike_Florio on 08/18/03 at 01:18 a.m.

Quoting:
Glad to hear you're okay...
No offence, but is New York accident prone?
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Thanks for your concern, Ice...

lol, NY just may be accident prone...

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: DaChazman on 08/18/03 at 10:15 a.m.

I woke up at about 6:30 In the morning, and I tried to see if the power was back on. It wasn't, so I went back to sleep. And at about 7:00, I heard my VCR come on. The power was finally back on!

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: Indy Gent on 08/18/03 at 10:30 a.m.

I hope everything is OK now and I'm glad (for now) that it wasn't a terrorist act. But we have had our share of blackouts at least once every other year, usually with ice storms in the winter or thunderstorms in the summer. I was fun before 9-11, but not anymore.  :(

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: Howard on 08/18/03 at 06:54 p.m.


Quoting:
I woke up at about 6:30 In the morning, and I tried to see if the power was back on. It wasn't, so I went back to sleep. And at about 7:00, I heard my VCR come on. The power was finally back on!
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Everything that needed electricity finally flickered itself back on.I was just suprised.Some of the things were mostly out of sync.

Howard

Subject: Re: I survied the 2003 blackout!

Written By: Mike_Florio on 08/18/03 at 07:13 p.m.

I got my power back pretty quick as opposed to most other people...wow...