1. [OT] Power outages
- Posted by Greg Haberek <g.haberek at comcast.net> Aug 16, 2003
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Just to let everyone know, there are currently over 1.5 million people in Michigan, Ohio, Canada and New York without power. This massive outage was caused not by terrorism, but by nature, as lightening hit a tower on the U.S. side of the Niagra Falls power facility. The power went out around 4:15 pm on Thursday. Power is returning, however, as I am one of about 150,000 people who have regained power. Mine came back on around 5:30 am. Everything is at a halt here, except for the 3 gas stations down the street that have power. They've never seen so much business. I also heard they're not sure how long those of us with power will keep it, because as they restore power it may lead to more brown-outs and black-outs. ~Greg