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2019-07-14 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

NYC residents left in the dark now blamed on power outage

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-07-14 06:53|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Get used to it.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-07-14 07:51|| 2019-07-14 07:51|| Front Page Top

#2 I remember that - tv coverage of a woman coming out of a smashed storefront carrying an armload of stuff telling the cameraman "it's Christmas in July!"

Posted by Glenmore 2019-07-14 08:52|| 2019-07-14 08:52|| Front Page Top

#3 You need the National Guard?

Posted by newc 2019-07-14 12:30|| 2019-07-14 12:30|| Front Page Top

#4 1. so recent articles say ConEd doesn't know why it happened.

2. several weeks ago, there were stories about plans the US had for shutting down the Moscow grid.

3. Putin doesn't play around

4. insert ~~tinfoil hat~~ faraday cage here

Posted by Unoth Elmack7012 2019-07-14 14:48|| 2019-07-14 14:48|| Front Page Top

#5 At this point, I don't suspect malice, I suspect stupidity. The Eastern utilities seem to be mostly in denial about how fragile their crap is.

But it's a taste of what happens if we have another civil war.

Posted by Silentbrick 2019-07-14 14:58|| 2019-07-14 14:58|| Front Page Top

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