[Shotimes] East Coast

[Jim and Debbie Leyden]

I just talked to my Mother-in-law in Cleveland, Oh.  She is without power.

Jim
'93 MTX
happily not in a blackout state!



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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
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