Blackout

[Adam Y.]

It could have been far, far worse. But, there really wasn't anything to survive. We sat around, we listened to the radio, some folks in NYC had to walk a bit to get home, or maybe they're stuck there now, but they're certainly not in terrible danger.

Getting stuck anywhere without any working stop lights is in itself fairly dangerous and I would say a lot of people were not in a good place to have the power go out when they were driving. My friend got stuck in New Jersey and had to drive to New York. The last time this type of power outage happened the cops did not have much control over the looting and other crimes going on. Of course it did happen a while back though.

[Yan Wang]

Pfffttt... you forget that 100 years ago, this is not a problem, but the norm

[Adam Y.]

Pfffttt... you forget that 100 years ago, this is not a problem, but the norm

Yes but far fewer cars made that problem slightly less dangerous. And you make that sound like it is old..... It really isn't.

[EddieMcD]

Well, RI wasn't effected by this at all (we got the outages the night before from a rather large thunderstorm). We have 2 backup generators anyway (1 for the neighborhood, 1 in our house). Not that it matters. We lose power about once every other year here (power lines are underground), and when it does happen, it's almost never longer than a half-hour.

::flies away before someone decides to kill me::

[Ian W.]

*Chases down Eddie and kills him*

Take that, you dang rhode islanders!

I got lucky that LIPA (my local power company) has barely enough power to keep my house on. I hope. If it turned off, my computers all got screwed up, and I'm away for the weekend, but oh well.

Oh yeah, lots of traffic. NJ Turnpike sucked.

[WernerNYK]

This is cool....

[WernerNYK]

And after...

[Jeff Waegelin]

Well, I finally got my power back around 2AM this morning... only 34 hours after it went out. /me shakes fist at Jack for getting his back earlier...

And now I guess I have some catch-up to play... I missed 2 whole days of FIRST Jeopardy.

[Raven_Writer]

Originally posted by M. Krass
It could have been far, far worse. But, there really wasn't anything to survive. We sat around, we listened to the radio, some folks in NYC had to walk a bit to get home, or maybe they're stuck there now, but they're certainly not in terrible danger.

To call yourself a survivor suggests that your life was in danger. Did you feel like your life was in danger? I didn't.

Adam Y. is correct.

There was a lot of people I saw on CNN in the street. Sure, people were kind, but what if there was some drunk driving down, and he killed anyone in the street? I don't think that'd be safe. (Yes, this could happen....)

And, also.....being a survivor doesn't have to be something like a astroid hitting your house and still living (an example, don't bash me on this), nor if your life is actually in danger. Being a survivor means getting through something really hard.

From Webster Dictionary:

survivor
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): sur·vived; sur·viv·ing
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French survivre to outlive, from Latin supervivere, from super- + vivere to live
Date: 15th century
intransitive senses
1 : to remain alive or in existence : live on
2 : to continue to function or prosper
transitive senses
1 : to remain alive after the death of <he is survived by his wife>
2 : to continue to exist or live after <survived the earthquake>
3 : to continue to function or prosper despite : WITHSTAND

Nothing here about living through danger.

<<EDIT>>: I was in the UP of Michigan, so I had power, but my house didn't [thank god I un-plugged everything before I left on my vacation] :<</EDIT>>

[shyra1353]

i live outside of toronto and i got hit by the blackout...and only approximately 15 hours after the blackout did we get our power back...i was one of the lucky ones who had phones in the house which do not require electricity so i could still reach people...i was home alone and on the computer when the blackout happened so my first thought was that it was just my house...only after a phone call from a relative did i know that it was all of ontario (and later on i found out parts of usa). also since i was at home...i had no way to listen to the radio so i didnt know about anything that was happening.

overall, i actually didnt mind the blackout...my cousins and a couple of other relatives came over and we went swimming (while it was still light out) and then had dinner (which was mashed potatoes, barbecued chicken, stir fried vegetables, rice, and two other dishes i dont remember... all cooked on teh barbecue and gas burner) and then played board games by candlelight. i thought it was a great night and by the end, i forgot that there was no power.

i was wondering if anyone knew the reason why there was a blackout?? all i know is that canada was blaming it on the us and vice versa.

[Adam Y.]

...i was one of the lucky ones who had phones in the house which do not require electricity so i could still reach people...

Don't most phones not require electricitly to run or do most of the people in your area use cordless?

[Joe Matt]

Everyone is blaming Cleveland... I guess it goes back to all those old jokes....

[Raven_Writer]

Originally posted by JosephM
Everyone is blaming Cleveland... I guess it goes back to all those old jokes....

I honestly believe the government did this (I'm not an anarchist, I just think they tested us).

[Ashley Weed]

Originally posted by Raven_Writer
I honestly believe the government did this (I'm not an anarchist, I just think they tested us).

I can give about a 75% guarantee that it wasn't a test by the governement. I can't say why I have the knoweledge.. but I can guarantee it.

[shyra1353]

Originally posted by Adam Y.
Don't most phones not require electricitly to run or do most of the people in your area use cordless?

yeah...a lot of the people in my area have cordless phones so they couldnt talk to anyone and we were told to only use cell phones for emergencies