Invasion1 Posted August 15, 2003 Report Share Posted August 15, 2003 ' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedz34 Posted August 15, 2003 Report Share Posted August 15, 2003 Yeah, I'm in the dark in Shelby ( north of detroit), and using my laptop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
91GranSport Posted August 15, 2003 Report Share Posted August 15, 2003 Stay safe dude. I hope everyone gets back home safely in Toronto and Ottawa. Well im in the Dark here in Sudbury Ontario Canada as im sure several of you are as well im using up the battery on my laptop even during this massive power outage to check http://www.w-body.com for new information now thats dedication i think...... well for those of us located on the east we hope power is restored soon be safe in the dark everyone Cheers Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ismellrealbad Posted August 15, 2003 Report Share Posted August 15, 2003 can someone explain to me exactly what and why this happened, also where it all happened and why i in central nj did not get effected Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5speedz34 Posted August 15, 2003 Report Share Posted August 15, 2003 Yeah, I'm still out in Michigan there talking about doing the outer less populated areas first then the Detroit, so it might not be until the weekend till we get power back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokesGTP Posted August 15, 2003 Report Share Posted August 15, 2003 Yeah on TV now their saying it was definetly in Canada. I got my power back about 11:15 last night it was out since about 2 though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdelorie Posted August 15, 2003 Report Share Posted August 15, 2003 envision this: huge draw on the grid... the grid is designed so that if one segment goes out, another can take over the demand. with the demand so high, one segment went out, another took over and couldn't handle it, so it went out, and it was like a domino effect. What actually caused the first failure is unknown. Why it's taking so long to get it back on? Because power draw is peak when a device first starts up. so there's a MASSIVE demand on the system. So, more people start turning things off, easier it'll be to get the lights back on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gimp19 Posted August 15, 2003 Report Share Posted August 15, 2003 All areas with in a 2mile radius from my house and further lost power mine stayed on but fickered a couple times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dannymik Posted August 15, 2003 Report Share Posted August 15, 2003 I'm not in the dark, but had an wacky ride home with some red lights working and others not :shock: :shock: :shock: ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdelorie Posted August 15, 2003 Report Share Posted August 15, 2003 The lights flickered because that was the grid trying to start back up. But there's so much demand that it can't.... because everyone leaves everything on thinking, "oh yeah, it'll just start up when the power comes back on" That pisses me off. On the other hand, it doesn't piss me off when people leave their computers on during power failures and it blows up power supplies when the power comes back on... that's money in the bank. Every power outage or lightning storm sounds like coins dropping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolt_Crank Posted August 15, 2003 Report Share Posted August 15, 2003 The lights flickered because that was the grid trying to start back up. But there's so much demand that it can't.... because everyone leaves everything on thinking, "oh yeah, it'll just start up when the power comes back on" That pisses me off. On the other hand, it doesn't piss me off when people leave their computers on during power failures and it blows up power supplies when the power comes back on... that's money in the bank. Every power outage or lightning storm sounds like coins dropping. that only works on older computers with non-atx power supplies ATX ones are safe.... for the most part Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdelorie Posted August 16, 2003 Report Share Posted August 16, 2003 my experiences tend to disagree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPdriver1986 Posted August 16, 2003 Report Share Posted August 16, 2003 I just got power!!!!!!!! first time since 4:15pm yesterday. We need more POWER damn it!!!!! I think Osama pulled the plug on North America Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted August 19, 2003 Report Share Posted August 19, 2003 You can bet that with this as an excuse....rates will be soaring!!!! "We must correct and update the system." $$$$$"We will need billions of dollars to replace these antiquated systems and we might as well make them terrorist proof also$$$$$" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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