[Shotimes] RE: East Coast

[Kirk (remote location)]

No who ever reported that is full of KAKA.. Boston and My house has power.
So i would have been able to bug you :)

Larry, I know you cut and pasted im not saying it;s you

-----Original Message-----
From: John Stout [mailto:sho_man1@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 2:57 PM
To: SHOWHAT9@aol.com; v8sho@v8sho.com
Cc: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: East Coast


See Kirk if ya was home ya would be in the dark !!, no
comments Larry :-)
--- SHOWHAT9@aol.com wrote:
> Looks like we won't be hearing from some folk for a
> few hours:
>
> From cnn:
> 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 and Ottawa, Canada. 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 was shut
> down. All area airports and the Long Island Railroad
> were also affected.
>
> The Federal Aviation Administration grounded planes
> at all three New York area airports because the
> blackout affected security screening facilities. The
> FAA reported planes also were grounded at the
> Toronto airport. The airports were operating on
> backup power, officials said.
>
> New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg confirmed the
> outage was not related to terrorism or an accident.
>
> "The good news is, Con Ed's facilities have shut
> down automatically, which they're programmed to do,"
> he said. "No damage was done to the Con-Ed
> facility."
>
> Bloomberg said it was unknown how long the outage
> may last.
>
> 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."
>
>
>
>
> Larry E
> 97 Red
> Mods
> Welds


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John Stout

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