Power outages

[Ferocious]

Ohio.

Damn the power just came back on here about an hour ago.

6.5 hours or so without electricity.

Talk about unsettling.

 

[Quad]

toronto power a few hours ago, roughly 3:30 am

couldn't sleep at all

 

[TheCorm]

We have power cuts over here all the time....we just shrug and carry on....why is everyone over there panicking and going mental....like buying all the ice up because there is no air-con.

It's like nowadays every kind of widescale problem is assumed to be a terrorist attack.

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: charliebrown
Same thing happened in 1965....

And again in 1977

 

[glugglug]

Originally posted by: yukichigai

Originally posted by: mjquilly
No power here in Toledo, OH

You on a lappy or something?

Oh by the way, fun fact: phone lines carry power, although not very much. Something like 16 volts at 50mA or something. (They calculate long distance by how much voltage and amperage you draw to connect) You might be able to google for it.

While the phone line does have power, it has nothing to do with the cost. The distance your analog phone signal goes before getting digitized and multiplexed to be carried on the same 2 wires as tons of other calls is the same when you call your next door neighbor as it is when you call the other side of the world.

 

[lotust]

weeeeeeeeeeeee after 14 hours we got power back on lond island...YAY!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[isasir]

Woohoo, my power just came back on 3 min. ago. So of course, what's the first thing I do (besides charge my cell phone which died last night?) Post on Anandtech of course!!!

 

[isasir]

Originally posted by: lotust
weeeeeeeeeeeee after 14 hours we got power back on lond island...YAY!!!!!!!!!!!

Damn you for getting power 30 min. before me on Long Island! (I'm in New Hyde Park)

 

[dartworth]

Power came back in Cleveland at 4:30AM or so...

 

[oniq]

Originally posted by: TheCorm
We have power cuts over here all the time....we just shrug and carry on....why is everyone over there panicking and going mental....like buying all the ice up because there is no air-con.

It's like nowadays every kind of widescale problem is assumed to be a terrorist attack.

They're buying ice because its FVCKING hot!

Widescale problems don't happen often in America, maybe in the UK ;P

 

[isasir]

BTW, one last thing I want to add - VERIZON r0x0rs. While my other friends cell phone service wasn't working, I was able to get in contact with other people throughtout the blackout in NYC/LI area yesterday with Verizon cell service to make sure they were doing ok.

 

[LordJezo]

Originally posted by: jurzdevil
this is a new government led compaign to slim down america. no more mass transit.

you have to walk now.

Almost thwarted me from all you can eat sushi as well.. but I managed to go someplace that did have power and get fat anyway.

 

[Sukhoi]

Originally posted by: jfano
Power came back in Cleveland at 4:30AM or so...

Yep, but I don't think the water pumping stations are back yet. Atleast I get a minimum of 4 hours off work today.

 

[Ernieb]

posting at work here in Thornhill, Ontario Canada
11:01AM Friday

not there many people here at work
my living area Scarborough still got no power at all
no traffic lights...but i still made it to work this morning : )

that's the latest

 

[FuZoR]

I'm STILL OUT OF POWER :-(

Brooklyn, NY... Bensonhurst

damn it!! I can't stand using 56k any longer! lol

 

[MercenaryForHire]

I got power back about 2 am. Didn't realize it was still out.

Those posting from blackout sections, what are you doing? Dialing into a west-coast ISP?

- M4H

 

[Sukhoi]

Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
I got power back about 2 am. Didn't realize it was still out.

Those posting from blackout sections, what are you doing? Dialing into a west-coast ISP?

- M4H

Cable and phone was still up in most places.

 

[andy2812]

I live in Oceanside on Long Island and got my power back at 7:30 PM last night. I live near a LIPA plant so I guess that it help. My in-laws live a mile away and didn't get their power back until 9AM this morning. They say that only 50% of LongIsland has their power back.

 

[icecap]

Got power back in Ottawa at 11:03AM.

 

[hopeless879]

Suburb of Cleveland here.

Power went back on about 10 am this morning. Water is still out.

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
Ah it's not that bad. _I_ still have power.

Quick! Walk the 500 miles to save somebody's life!

Don't forget to carry a 10-gallon water jug with you!

 

[hopeless879]

Originally posted by: Sukhoi

Originally posted by: jfano
Power came back in Cleveland at 4:30AM or so...

Yep, but I don't think the water pumping stations are back yet. Atleast I get a minimum of 4 hours off work today.

Not all of Cleveland is back on yet.

 

[Ylen13]

from the state that where affected, any of u are conserving power

 

[Sukhoi]

Originally posted by: Ylen13
from the state that where affected, any of u are conserving power

English translation: Are people in the affected areas conserving power?

 

[BullyCanadian]

My power just came back 10 mins ago! FINALLY i was in the dark for about 20 hours!