Tera | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 01:46 pm     My gosh! I am watching ABC right now and the sheer number of people walking down the street amongst the car traffic is amazing! |
Abby7 | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 01:46 pm     GAL, the lady (sorry don't know her name) on CNN said it would be dark in the ny subways. |
Llkoolaid | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 01:47 pm     Wow, it is amazing how those people are pulling together |
Abby7 | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 01:48 pm     bus boys are carrying loads of ice to doormen ???that's what i just heard on CNN. |
Hippyt | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 01:48 pm     I don't know Gal,you would think. Hope,at least,people could die down there. |
Karuuna | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 01:49 pm     According to Radio News 4 KCNC in NY, there are people trapped in elevators. |
Halfunit | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 01:49 pm     The outage stopped about 30 miles north of me. I am glad it hasn't made it here. I feel bad for those who are inconvenienced in any way. |
Abby7 | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 01:50 pm     people trying to get home before dark. eerie, PA now added to the list |
Whoami | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 01:50 pm     The person reporting on CNN mentioned that those still trapped in the subways probably have no idea what is going on yet. All those people walking! Wow! How many miles are they going to walk to get home? |
Tera | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 01:51 pm     This is what I don't understand. Why are all the the major networks covering a blackout? I mean I could understand if this was another (heaven forbid) terriorist attack. But from what I have been hearing this is nothing new, blackouts have happened before. |
Abby7 | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 01:51 pm     Happy for you halfunit. |
Hippyt | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 01:52 pm     People in Ottawa stranded on amusement park rides. How weird. |
Abby7 | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 01:53 pm     Tera, one reason is because people tend to panic after 9-11...reasonably so. plus this is a MASSIVE BLACKOUT. that, doesn't happen all the time. |
Karuuna | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 01:53 pm     Tera, this is an emergency situation for people trapped. And millions and millions are people are out of power. It's the biggest power outage in US history. So I guess it would be big news. |
Karuuna | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 01:54 pm     All the airports in the area are closed as well, because security can't function. |
Tera | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 01:55 pm     I do understand that Abby.. I guess I am venting more about the news. They are basically repeating the same thing over and over by different reporters. |
Wargod | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 01:55 pm     Who the news guy a few minutes ago was saying some people had just a few miles to go, but alot commute and have 30 or 40 miles. |
Abby7 | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 01:55 pm     no cell phone service, people lining up outside of hardware stores to get flashlights, candles. |
Whoami | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 01:56 pm     I would assume they are all covering the blackout too because it is still a very new incident, and the fear of terrorism makes it neccesarry to cover? It gives us all a place to tune in and check. |
Egbok | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 01:56 pm     Here's a yell out to our TVCH families in the affected areas!! We're thinking about you!! |
Abby7 | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 01:58 pm     some people coming out of subways saying people relatively calm. |
Karuuna | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 01:58 pm     One thing this does do, is show us how vulnerable we are to a terrorist attack on the power grid anywhere. If one transformer failing causes a cascade big enough to bring down the whole grid, that's big news too. It is to me. |
Hippyt | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 02:00 pm     I know,Eggie,I'm trying to think of everyone affected. Hope everyone is all right,and able to get to their homes. |
Hippyt | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 02:02 pm     I'm with you Karuuna,very scary. And,when it gets dark,it's gonna be PITCH BLACK in the cities. |
Abby7 | Thursday, August 14, 2003 - 02:02 pm     many people walking towards the water hoping to catch a ferry. according to CNN, many NY people are so used to subways, etc....they don't really know which way to walk home. (sounded a bit odd to me) |