powerless ponders in the East

[K30a]

Am watching TV and seeing seas of people on the streets of
NYC. My goodness, what a big power outage! When you get your
power back on, any rec.ponders have a story to tell?
Stay cool...

k30a
and the watergardening labradors
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[Nedra]

OMG! Thanks for the News, Kathy ...
Nedra

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"K30a" > wrote in message
...
>
> Am watching TV and seeing seas of people on the streets of
> NYC. My goodness, what a big power outage! When you get your
> power back on, any rec.ponders have a story to tell?
> Stay cool...
>
> k30a
> and the watergardening labradors
> http://www.geocities.com/watergardeninglabradors/home.html
>

[Anne Lurie]

I just saw this news, and it brings back unpleasant memories of a blackout
we experience while living in Queens back in the summer of 1977 (I think
that was the year).

We were at least fortunate enough to live in a row house, so we had water,
unlike some people in high-rise buildings. More important, we lived in a
neighborhood where we did not have to worry about looters burning down our
house or businesses; many people were not nearly so fortunate.

There must have been thousands & thousands of people on subways at the time.
The trains have A/C, but the stations don't (or didn't in the 80's) --
also, people could have several sets of stairs to climb, and that's assuming
that the train was at a station rather than caught between two stations.
Actually, come to think of it, those poor souls may still be stuck on the
trains, since the doors may not have opened, and the is the HUGE risk of
being electrocuted by the third rail (electrified) if the power should
suddenly go back on, even for a few seconds.

Aaargh, I just remembered that the kids just moved to Detroit -- and the
power's out there, too!

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC


"K30a" > wrote in message
...
>
> Am watching TV and seeing seas of people on the streets of
> NYC. My goodness, what a big power outage! When you get your
> power back on, any rec.ponders have a story to tell?
> Stay cool...
>
> k30a
> and the watergardening labradors
> http://www.geocities.com/watergardeninglabradors/home.html

[joe]

K30a wrote:

> Am watching TV and seeing seas of people on the streets of
> NYC. My goodness, what a big power outage! When you get your
> power back on, any rec.ponders have a story to tell?
> Stay cool...

Wow, I looked that up on CNN.com. What a mess.

Several years ago I lived in the San Joaquin valley in central California.
It was about 110 Fahrenheit when the big outage hit; I forget how many
states were affected. We had several families visiting us, many with
children, so we though we'd better go get some bottled water, ice for the
cooler, etc. We went four places before we found a place that would let us
in the door and that was a service station. We grabbed what we needed, but
the person at the cash register wouldn't let us pay because, of course, the
register didn't work.

(Normally, this is where I break into my old fogy routine about how come
kids can't make simple change in their heads, but you've probably all heard
it in some form or another)

We finally convinced them to figure it out on paper, but he couldn't quite
get it right. So we figured it out for him (including some non-whole number
for tax which blew him away) but he wasn't sure we weren't ripping him off.
We got him to believe in our integrity, but by then he couldn't make the
actual change. We offered to just pay to the next higher dollar, but he was
quite worried that when everything came back on, he wouldn't balance.

In the end, we had about 5 people, all in the same situation. We added up
all of our bills, managed to make the right amount for the clerk, accepted
close enough amongst ourselves and left with the stuff - good thing too, the
power was off for about 3 days.

Joe





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[NJ]

"K30a" > wrote in message
...
>
> Am watching TV and seeing seas of people on the streets of
> NYC. My goodness, what a big power outage!

I live in the Cleveland, Ohio metro area; we were without power for 5 hours.
It was manageable, but at the time, of course, we had no idea how long the
power would be off and rumors were rampant. We were told it could take 2-3
days at one point, and I was frantic. We were also told to conserve water,
unplug all appliances, etc. I have two freezers full of food, so I was very
concerned. Not to mention the FRY EXPERIMENT tank which was without
aeration the whole time. Everyone and everything is fine, now. Naturally,
when it first happened, we assumed it was local. When the news came on that
NYC was without power, and then NJ, MI, OH, CT, VT...I have to admit that I
was very frightened of terrorist origins. Thankfully, we are all breathing
easier (and COOLER--we hit 90 today and had put the A/C on for the first
time in a month!) now.

NJ

[K30a]

NJ wrote >>I live in the Cleveland, Ohio metro area; we were without power for
5 hours<<

I think many of us first thought it was
terrorist related.
How things have changed from prior to 9/11.
Glad you made it through!


k30a
and the watergardening labradors
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SO, We have taken utilities forgranted. We should learn to live with less.
Cook on Gas grills, Ride bikes. Store non perishable foods.
Go back 100 years.

LIVE

[jammer]

On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 23:53:44 -0400, <Rich> wrote:

>SO, We have taken utilities forgranted. We should learn to live with less.
>Cook on Gas grills, Ride bikes. Store non perishable foods.
>Go back 100 years.
>
>LIVE

Not in Texas! Not Me!

[FBCS]

Last year my microwave went out, you should have seen us, we didn't know
what to do. Things as simple as heating up a baby bottle or water for tea,
just to heat something up was a chore. We actually had to cook like ten
years ago. What we take for granted is right.
<Rich> wrote in message ...
> SO, We have taken utilities forgranted. We should learn to live with less.
> Cook on Gas grills, Ride bikes. Store non perishable foods.
> Go back 100 years.
>
> LIVE
>
>
>

[NJ]

"Benign Vanilla" > wrote in message
...
>
> "NJ" > wrote in message
> ...
> <snip>
> >I have two freezers full of food, so I was very
> > concerned. Not to mention the FRY EXPERIMENT tank which was without
> > aeration the whole time.
> <snip>
>
> Spoken like a true PORG.
>
> BV.

Awww...<blush!!>...! I have arrived!!!

NJ

[DT]

jammer wrote:

> On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 23:53:44 -0400, <Rich> wrote:
>
>
>>SO, We have taken utilities forgranted. We should learn to live with less.
>>Cook on Gas grills, Ride bikes. Store non perishable foods.
>>Go back 100 years.
>>
>>LIVE
>
>
> Not in Texas! Not Me!

What part of Texas?

And where'd he find a 100-year-old gas grill?

Dale

[Nedra]

Go back a hundred years? Not me! My Mom
will be 100 years old in September. She says, "you can keep
the old days - they were awful!" Mom knows best :-)

Nedra
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118

"FBCS" > wrote in message
...
> Last year my microwave went out, you should have seen us, we didn't know
> what to do. Things as simple as heating up a baby bottle or water for tea,
> just to heat something up was a chore. We actually had to cook like ten
> years ago. What we take for granted is right.
> <Rich> wrote in message ...
> > SO, We have taken utilities forgranted. We should learn to live with
less.
> > Cook on Gas grills, Ride bikes. Store non perishable foods.
> > Go back 100 years.
> >
> > LIVE
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>

[FBCS]

100! God bless her. The things she has witnessed in her lifetime. Awsome.
"Nedra" > wrote in message
hlink.net...
> Go back a hundred years? Not me! My Mom
> will be 100 years old in September. She says, "you can keep
> the old days - they were awful!" Mom knows best :-)
>
> Nedra
> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
> http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118
>
> "FBCS" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Last year my microwave went out, you should have seen us, we didn't know
> > what to do. Things as simple as heating up a baby bottle or water for
tea,
> > just to heat something up was a chore. We actually had to cook like ten
> > years ago. What we take for granted is right.
> > <Rich> wrote in message ...
> > > SO, We have taken utilities forgranted. We should learn to live with
> less.
> > > Cook on Gas grills, Ride bikes. Store non perishable foods.
> > > Go back 100 years.
> > >
> > > LIVE
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

[[email protected]]

I am shocked to learn our power grid is third world technology.

<Rich> wrote:

>SO, We have taken utilities forgranted. We should learn to live with less.
>Cook on Gas grills, Ride bikes. Store non perishable foods.
>Go back 100 years.
>
>LIVE
>
>



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[Bob Koerber]

Grid? Whats a grid? I've just got the old coop electric company. Lost it for
8 hours the other day nothing unusual just fired up the old trusty geneerator
and kids continued on with their tv show. Gee to be unprepared no way are my
fish gonna go without thier filtration.

Bob in rural Alabama

DT wrote:

> jammer wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 23:53:44 -0400, <Rich> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>SO, We have taken utilities forgranted. We should learn to live with less.
> >>Cook on Gas grills, Ride bikes. Store non perishable foods.
> >>Go back 100 years.
> >>
> >>LIVE
> >
> >
> > Not in Texas! Not Me!
>
> What part of Texas?
>
> And where'd he find a 100-year-old gas grill?
>
> Dale

[Anne Lurie]

When we moved from northern Vermont to Raleigh a few years ago, we were
unpleasantly surprised to find that we lost power more often than we did in
our 8 years with Vermont Electric Coop. (Although there was a truly
memorable ice storm that brought down transmission towers in Quebec.)

I believe that it's going to take a long time (and much finger-pointing)
before the cause of this outage is found (and why it spread so far!), but
the most incredible thing in my mind that this outage, covering 9300 square
miles or so, happened in less than 10 seconds?????

Shaking my head and grateful for power,

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC





"Bob Koerber" > wrote in message
...
> Grid? Whats a grid? I've just got the old coop electric company. Lost
it for
> 8 hours the other day nothing unusual just fired up the old trusty
geneerator
> and kids continued on with their tv show. Gee to be unprepared no way are
my
> fish gonna go without thier filtration.
>
> Bob in rural Alabama
>

Boy 100 years old that puts her in 1903 give or take.
What she would have witnessed.
http://www.frontiernet.net/~cdm/age1.html

54 years old when the Soviet satellite Sputnik 1 was launched
49 years old at the end of the Korean War
41 years old when the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima
38 years old at the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
31 years old in the year radar was invented
26 years old when the American stock market crashed
23 years old in the year of the first talking motion picture
11 years old at the time of the sinking of the Lusitania
10 years old when the First World War began
8 years old at the time of the maiden voyage of the Titanic
2 years old during the great San Francisco earthquake




"Nedra" > wrote in message
hlink.net...
> Go back a hundred years? Not me! My Mom
> will be 100 years old in September. She says, "you can keep
> the old days - they were awful!" Mom knows best :-)
>
> Nedra
> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Pines/4836
> http://community.webshots.com/user/nedra118
>
> "FBCS" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Last year my microwave went out, you should have seen us, we didn't know
> > what to do. Things as simple as heating up a baby bottle or water for
tea,
> > just to heat something up was a chore. We actually had to cook like ten
> > years ago. What we take for granted is right.
> > <Rich> wrote in message ...
> > > SO, We have taken utilities forgranted. We should learn to live with
> less.
> > > Cook on Gas grills, Ride bikes. Store non perishable foods.
> > > Go back 100 years.
> > >
> > > LIVE
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

[jammer]

On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 09:15:39 -0500, DT >
wrote:

>jammer wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 23:53:44 -0400, <Rich> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>SO, We have taken utilities forgranted. We should learn to live with less.
>>>Cook on Gas grills, Ride bikes. Store non perishable foods.
>>>Go back 100 years.
>>>
>>>LIVE
>>
>>
>> Not in Texas! Not Me!
>
>What part of Texas?

ANY PART!!!!
>
>And where'd he find a 100-year-old gas grill?
>
>Dale

[Denise]

I was at hairdressers from 3-4, getting highlites. I had just finished
telling the stylist not to bother with blow drying since it was so hot
and humid outside and I had the top off my car and I wanted to let my
hair dry naturally. Well, the power went off right then LOL.

When I got home I could tell the power had been out because all the
digital stuff was blinking all over the house. I was just about done
resetting everything when the power went out again. My husband was home
from work by this time and we just did BBQ dinner, then sat in our pool.
The power was out just two hours thankfully. I was very happy to have
the pumps running in my tank and koi pond again.

Denise

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