No wonder it's so quiet here today!! OT

Yeah, I'm on the phone with my parents in NY who *just* got home from work!
(I guess it takes a while longer when you have to WALK!)
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"Kandice Seeber" wrote ...
Something like 9000 square miles and 50 million people effected by the
largest blackout in history today. Gadzooks!

http://www.cnn.com


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...re_us/blackout

http://www.msnbc.com/news/952578.asp?0cv=CA01

Yep, my sister in Ct. called me to see if I knew what was up. Her power was
out, and her cell phone was out. She called her hubby, who was working
about 40 minutes away, and they were without power too!

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"Kandice Seeber" wrote in message
. net...
Something like 9000 square miles and 50 million people effected by the
largest blackout in history today. Gadzooks!

http://www.cnn.com


http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...re_us/blackout

http://www.msnbc.com/news/952578.asp?0cv=CA01

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"Kathy N-V" wrote in message
.com...
On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 21:39:16 -0400, Kandice Seeber wrote
(in message ):

Something like 9000 square miles and 50 million people effected by the
largest blackout in history today. Gadzooks!

No kidding. Here in Boston, we were amazingly spared the power outage,
even
though we share the same grid. Some engineer was really on the ball and
disconnected us from the Eastern Grid during the three minute window when
the
plants and stubstations started failing.

I'm shocked that NYC doesn't have backup generators to power the subways,
at
least in a limited fashion, in case of emergency. Boston does, and our
subway system is older than New York's.

I'm still filing this one under "crumbling infrastructure". Fortunately we
were spared tonight, though my neighboorhood got a mini dose of the same
thing on Tuesday.

Laura

And I've been on and offline cuz of GORGEOUS thunderstorms. happy
shiversigh

Managed to make several beads and a nifty vessel between blasts. I think
maybe I need to do more vessels, these are fun. I'll post it tomorrow (it's
for a local swap).

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Karen_AZ wrote:
And I've been on and offline cuz of GORGEOUS thunderstorms. happy
shiversigh

Managed to make several beads and a nifty vessel between blasts. I think
maybe I need to do more vessels, these are fun. I'll post it tomorrow (it's
for a local swap).

We had a small thunderstorm Wednesday night, reasonably unusual for us in
winter, but the computers (just the boxes AFAIK) are plugged into a UPS
'cause DH got sick of minor power gliches interupting his computer during
work hours!

--
Melinda
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"Kandice Seeber" wrote 50 million people effected by the


Wow, what a day/nite to live on the East Coast!
I'm again 'empowered' but have two kilns full of stressed/dead beads..
(now that is sad..) Better than being trapped in a subway
or elevator or missing an important flight or surgery etc
but still quasi tragic...

Pout....

Whine....

Wine....needed.... lol.....

Faith (who is thinking she needs backup gens - for her kilns! lol...)

Maybe Louis Cage can help you out with his beer mug bead to remember
the Great Blackout of 2003?

would that be....dark beer?
Sarajane

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Sjpolyclay wrote:

Maybe Louis Cage can help you out with his beer mug bead to remember
the Great Blackout of 2003?


would that be....dark beer?

AAAAAARRRRGGGG!


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Reminds me of the 1989 earthquake in the Bay Area. Everyone from Watsonville
to Novato without power, for days. It was so bizarre to see all that darkness
at night.
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Elevators. That was my first thought.

Deirdre

On Thu, 14 Aug 2003 20:06:44 -0700, vj wrote:

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Karen_AZ"
:

]I've been "lucky" enough to be escorted out of NY subways by torchlight
]twice. shudder I gave notice at my work a week after the second time. When
]I heard the news today, I felt SO bad for all the victims of the "slaveway."

trust me - i would have completely freaked.
and i don't want to even THINK about the elevators or the Canadian
miners!


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