***It's Official*** The cause of the Black Out was....

[AMCRambler]

They're saying it wasn't Niagra Mohawk now. Governor Pataki said those reports were incorrect and also a statement from NiMo said that the cause was not due to their system.

Pataki said earlier reports that a major power plant at Niagara had been the source of the outage were "completely inaccurate."

NERC said in a statement that the problem "appears to have been largely caused by the loss of several major power lines in the upper Midwestern United States."

Here's a linky

 

[AMCRambler]

I work for Central Hudson Gas and Electric. We service about 300,000 customers between Con Ed and Niagra Mohawk's service territory. All I know for sure is we didn't do it! But we certainly went down like everybody else.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: Lucky

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: Lucky

the Niagra-Mohawk Grid failure in NY.

that's been pretty apparent since early into this whole mess, but what was the cause of the grid failure?

So far the they believe a lightning strike at a power plant started the whole thing.

nope

That was the first explaination. The fire at the Niagra Power Plant in NY is considered the cause.

Appearently 140 miners are trapped in Sudbury still.

Ottawa has had looting going on.

2 people have died: one in a fire, the other in a car accident.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

That was the first explaination. The fire at the Niagra Power Plant in NY is considered the cause.

Appearently 140 miners are trapped in Sudbury still.

Ottawa has had looting going on.

2 people have died: one in a fire, the other in a car accident.

What fire?

link?

 

[RedPickle]

Its a damn conspiracy I tell you. A couple of days after the media comes out with reports America is too obese, especially NY,we all had to walk miles to get home. Took me 3 hours to walk 18 miles... Manhattan to Brooklyn. That was not fun.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: luvly
Thanks for correcting the impression given by the original poster or others, NeoV.

I would still like to know the cause, but they should take as much time to find out the true cause--instead of giving a false cause.

Good for those of you who have your lights back on. It makes a difference always having light but one day it suddenly disappears. I don't think many people get prepared for that scenario, since they are so used to always having a reliable system. Hope everyone, or close enough, gets back electricty by the end of the week.

According to the Ontario Government and the Canadian Government and Hydro One: The cause was in NY.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: RedPickle
Its a damn conspiracy I tell you. A couple of days after the media comes out with reports America is too obese, especially NY,we all had to walk miles to get home. Took me 3 hours to walk 18 miles... Manhattan to Brooklyn. That was not fun.

That's some fast walking, actually.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

That was the first explaination. The fire at the Niagra Power Plant in NY is considered the cause.

Appearently 140 miners are trapped in Sudbury still.

Ottawa has had looting going on.

2 people have died: one in a fire, the other in a car accident.

What fire?

link?

Here is a quote:

"Overnight there were two deaths - one a 15-year-old who died in house fire, the other a man who was hit by a car following a street fight."

linky: http://www.broadband.rogers.com/news/national/story.jsp?cid=n081517A

 

[RedPickle]

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: RedPickle
Its a damn conspiracy I tell you. A couple of days after the media comes out with reports America is too obese, especially NY,we all had to walk miles to get home. Took me 3 hours to walk 18 miles... Manhattan to Brooklyn. That was not fun.

That's some fast walking, actually.

hehe thanks, I was going to make the best of the situation, so I exercised too. Had to help carry this little kid across the bridge though, cause her grandmother was tired.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: conjur
What fire?

link?

Here is a quote:

"Overnight there were two deaths - one a 15-year-old who died in house fire, the other a man who was hit by a car following a street fight."

linky: http://www.broadband.rogers.com/news/national/story.jsp?cid=n081517A

This says otherwise

No one knows for sure at this early stage.

 

[hopeless879]

Power just went back on here in a suburb of Cleveland. We are still without water though.

 

[Nitemare]

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

That was the first explaination. The fire at the Niagra Power Plant in NY is considered the cause.

Appearently 140 miners are trapped in Sudbury still.

Ottawa has had looting going on.

2 people have died: one in a fire, the other in a car accident.

What fire?

link?

Here is a quote:

"Overnight there were two deaths - one a 15-year-old who died in house fire, the other a man who was hit by a car following a street fight."

linky: http://www.broadband.rogers.com/news/national/story.jsp?cid=n081517A

Think he mean't what fire in the power plant?

I've heard that a grid in Ontario lost power and Niagra sent some to make up for the lost and it overloaded it, and the safety systems shut down everything. Either Niagra sent too much power or Ontario's grid failure is to blame.

 

Well, all right Iron Woode! I guess Americans just like to blame Canadians or at least leave room to blame Canadians. I remember a power outage a few years ago that was blamed on Canada. I feel sorry for you guys.

"Its a damn conspiracy I tell you. A couple of days after the media comes out with reports America is too obese, especially NY,we all had to walk miles to get home. Took me 3 hours to walk 18 miles... Manhattan to Brooklyn. That was not fun."

Good one, Red Pickle. I guess this is good in way, since it gets people walking by foot. I wish it would be extended West too for the spoilt food comforters. I should be careful what I pray for though . . . it isn't cool when you're so used to having electricity all the time and then losing it for an indefinite time!

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: conjur
What fire?

link?

Here is a quote:

"Overnight there were two deaths - one a 15-year-old who died in house fire, the other a man who was hit by a car following a street fight."

linky: http://www.broadband.rogers.com/news/national/story.jsp?cid=n081517A

This says otherwise

No one knows for sure at this early stage.

Both countries are pointing fingers at each other. Hehehe. LOL.

We will find out soon enough.

 

[RedPickle]

Anyone else thinks its wierd that it all happened at 4:20 Eastern Time? Hmmmm...no lights? why not light one up!! lol

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: Nitemare

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: Iron Woode

That was the first explaination. The fire at the Niagra Power Plant in NY is considered the cause.

Appearently 140 miners are trapped in Sudbury still.

Ottawa has had looting going on.

2 people have died: one in a fire, the other in a car accident.

What fire?

link?

Here is a quote:

"Overnight there were two deaths - one a 15-year-old who died in house fire, the other a man who was hit by a car following a street fight."

linky: http://www.broadband.rogers.com/news/national/story.jsp?cid=n081517A

Think he mean't what fire in the power plant?

I've heard that a grid in Ontario lost power and Niagra sent some to make up for the lost and it overloaded it, and the safety systems shut down everything. Either Niagra sent too much power or Ontario's grid failure is to blame.

Doh!

Here is the latest from the CBC: http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/poweroutage/

 

[conjur]

From CNN

Pataki said earlier reports that a major power plant at Niagara had been the source of the outage were "completely inaccurate."

NERC said in a statement that the problem "appears to have been largely caused by the loss of several major power lines in the upper Midwestern United States." (Interactive: U.S. power grids)

The Associated Press reported Friday that indications pointed somewhere along Lake Erie in Ohio, citing the industry-sponsored group that monitors the transmission system.

"That's where the information is starting to point,'' Ellen Vancko, a spokeswoman for NERC, told The Associated Press. She said it would take time to pinpoint the cause.

 

[Sukhoi]

Originally posted by: hopeless879
Power just went back on here in a suburb of Cleveland. We are still without water though.

I'm a bit east of you out in the country. For once I'm real glad we have a well and septic. Normally it's a PITA since the city water is almost always on and we loose water when the power goes out, but it's real nice now.

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: yllus
I wonder if there's gonna be a mini-baby boom 9 months from now. Because really, what else was there to do?

It was way too hot here for that here.
(Long Island, NY)

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: conjur
From CNN

Pataki said earlier reports that a major power plant at Niagara had been the source of the outage were "completely inaccurate."

NERC said in a statement that the problem "appears to have been largely caused by the loss of several major power lines in the upper Midwestern United States." (Interactive: U.S. power grids)

The Associated Press reported Friday that indications pointed somewhere along Lake Erie in Ohio, citing the industry-sponsored group that monitors the transmission system.

"That's where the information is starting to point,'' Ellen Vancko, a spokeswoman for NERC, told The Associated Press. She said it would take time to pinpoint the cause.

CNN seems to indicate a US power grid issue as the cause.

Problably best not to worry about the cause now, but deal with the problems instead.

 

[AMCRambler]

Umm yeah, quote me why don't you Conjur? I just posted that about 20 minutes ago in this thread.

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: AMCRambler
Umm yeah, quote me why don't you Conjur? I just posted that about 20 minutes ago in this thread.

heh...glossed over it...but...Iron Woode apparently did, too.

 

[Banana]

What? No one is blaming Wduaqnug for this fiasco?

 

[AMCRambler]

Ok I feel better, I've been quoted.

 

[Martin]

I went to bed before they restored power here in TO. Woke up at 6am, saw my router lights blinking, went back to sleep.

Spent the night at the park, followed by a candle lit BBQ and a game of monopoly.