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A Prophecy....
Zoltan
Ranger
in Zocalo v2.0
I predict that Generator sales will skyrocket on the east bank, over the next few days... and many a places will be sold out. Eg: Home Depot, OSH, etc...
-Zoltan
-Zoltan
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[B]With 50 million people without power? you bet ya ass generators are selling like hot cakes [/B][/QUOTE]
What the hell caused the power cut anyway? (And no theories about the Llort, Aardvarks, or ambulances from the rim please...) :rolleyes:
Regards,
Morden
[B]What the hell caused the power cut anyway? (And no theories about the Llort, Aardvarks, or ambulances from the rim please...) :rolleyes:
Regards,
Morden [/B][/QUOTE]
Officially? Well, basically "anything except terrorism" (I especially liked when someone said "we feel there is no reason to panic at this time." I was waiting for them to tell us to panic :p)
I think the current theory is that a power station in New York was overloaded by airconditioners etc. and went down, which stressed the next closest power station till it went down, and it rippled from there. Fun...
[B]I think the current theory is that a power station in New York was overloaded by airconditioners etc. and went down, which stressed the next closest power station till it went down, and it rippled from there. Fun... [/B][/QUOTE]
I thought the American grid prevented that sort of "domino effect" from happening by utilizing cut-off switches and back-up generators?
Regards,
Morden
[B]I thought the American grid prevented that sort of "domino effect" from happening by utilizing cut-off switches and back-up generators?
Regards,
Morden [/B][/QUOTE]
So did I. And I'm curious as to why it didn't stop at the border, the news still doesn't seem to have any answers.
[B]So did I. And I'm curious as to why it didn't stop at the border, the news still doesn't seem to have any answers. [/B][/QUOTE]
Hmm, perhaps we [i]should[/i] just blame it on the Aardvarks...
Regards,
Morden
Well, at least New York (and the eastern sea-board) will get it's power upgraded/add new stations, etc.
We already got ours (California) upgraded... since our crisis a few years back. heh
Funny how they don't have the amibition to start doing all this on their own.... until something breaks down. lol
Oh, and, btw... I ALSO heard or read somewhere, that it was a lightning strike that caused that whole mess.
-Zoltan
"Sometimes its better to shutup and just APPEAR dumb, than to speak up and confirm it." - me.
[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Zoltan [/i]
[B]Funny how they don't have the amibition to start doing all this on their own.... until something breaks down. lol[/B][/QUOTE]
'Cause that isn't profitable. This is the problem I have with treating things like water and electricity like commodities. It defies basic logic to try and run a supply of a limited and necessary resource as a profitable business. How do we expect people to cut back on power usage if companies are going to push them to use more so they make more money?
Sorry for the mini rant, but the power situation in this country is totally fucked up since it was deregulated some years ago.
[B]An interesting footnote is that vermont was practically untouched due to better technology on the grid and a little bit of luck. [/B][/QUOTE]
That's because Vermont gets a lot of it's power from Quebec :p