Is this why it's quiet tonight?

[Zim Hosein]

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A utility worker overloaded an electrical circuit and caused a massive power blackout across much of Los Angeles on Monday, snarling traffic, stranding office workers in elevators and sending fire trucks with blaring sirens racing around the city
Some two million people were hit by the outage, which plunged busy intersections into chaos, jammed cars on the freeways and sent office workers streaming out of downtown buildings to mill about on sidewalks. Those trapped in elevators made frantic calls for help.

The utility worker "directed too much amperage into a circuit that did not have the capacity to handle it," said Kim Hughes, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

The resulting power surge triggered a safety mechanism that shut the system down, Hughes said, knocking out power for more half the city's four million people as well as some surrounding communities and north into the San Fernando Valley.

Power was largely restored within 90 minutes, but the outage jangled nerves in Los Angeles one day after a masked man thought to be an al Qaeda associate threatened America's second-largest city in a videotape released on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks.

"The fact that this happened the day after September 11 (caused) a heightened sense of concern," said Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. "I am here to assure you that our city is prepared to handle these situations. In fact power was restored to the vast majority of DWP customers, 90 percent, within the first two hours."

Utility mistake triggers huge Los Angeles blackout

 

[sixone]

:crickets;

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

It's quiet because this topic has alReady been posted

 

[eyecandy86]

Ouch. I'd hate to be the guy that did that.

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

that guy is now at guantanamo bay

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: iwantanewcomputer
that guy is now at guantanamo bay

:Q

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: iwantanewcomputer
that guy is now at guantanamo bay

He probably smokes pot too, damn terrorist.:|

:beer::beer:

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: tweakmm

Originally posted by: iwantanewcomputer
that guy is now at guantanamo bay

He probably smokes pot too, damn terrorist.:|

:beer::beer:

If he was really a terrorist, Jack Bauer would have been all over him!

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: tweakmm

Originally posted by: iwantanewcomputer
that guy is now at guantanamo bay

He probably smokes pot too, damn terrorist.:|

:beer::beer:

If he was really a terrorist, Jack Bauer would have been all over him!

Put... the... DVD... down.

 

[intogamer]

prank?

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: tweakmm

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: tweakmm

Originally posted by: iwantanewcomputer
that guy is now at guantanamo bay

He probably smokes pot too, damn terrorist.:|

:beer::beer:

If he was really a terrorist, Jack Bauer would have been all over him!

Put... the... DVD... down.

:laugh:

I'm also getting my 24 fix from A&E on Monday afternoons!

Cheers tweakmm :beer:

 

[suse920]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: tweakmm

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: tweakmm

Originally posted by: iwantanewcomputer
that guy is now at guantanamo bay

He probably smokes pot too, damn terrorist.:|

:beer::beer:

If he was really a terrorist, Jack Bauer would have been all over him!

Put... the... DVD... down.

:laugh:

I'm also getting my 24 fix from A&E on Monday afternoons!

Cheers tweakmm :beer:

:beer: I :heart: 24!
CHEERS ZIM!

 

[tweakmm]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: tweakmm

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: tweakmm

Originally posted by: iwantanewcomputer
that guy is now at guantanamo bay

He probably smokes pot too, damn terrorist.:|

:beer::beer:

If he was really a terrorist, Jack Bauer would have been all over him!

Put... the... DVD... down.

:laugh:

I'm also getting my 24 fix from A&E on Monday afternoons!

Cheers tweakmm :beer:

Yeah, see, I'm really not a big fan of prime time TV, or TV for that matter, unless it's really sucky and really really popish.

That being said:

Cheers Zim :beer: