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IME, releasing the magic smoke from $device is not considered normal unlesss the device intentionally uses processes like internal combustion. -e -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 4:19 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Power outage in North East Actually, Mayor Blumberg just told CNN that the smoke being seen at the ConEd plant is normal for this situation. It is also being reported that this whole thing started in Ottawa, or an overload of the Niagra-Mowhak power grid. On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, N. Richard Solis wrote: > > I just got off the phone with an old boss of mine. ;-) It would appear > that there is a large fire at a ConEd plant that has now caused a > cascading power outage in the Northeast. Some more plants may have > tripped offline because of the load they absorbed from the loss of the > other plant. > > If I get more information, I'll post. > > Damian Gerow wrote: > > > > > Thus spake Joel Perez ([email protected]) [14/08/03 16:27]: > > > Has anyone heard of a big Power outage in the North east? > > > I just got a call from one of my tech's in the GBLX bldg in Newark, NJ > > > at 1085 raymond and they are telling him that they lost power! > > > But I also got a call from AT&T in NY that they also lost Power! > > > > It looks like a rather large power outage -- we're in South Western > > Ontario, > > Canada, and power is out in Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph, Hespler, and > > (I'm > > pretty sure) London as well. Can't say about Toronto. > > > > - Damian > > > > > James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor [email protected] http://3.am ======================================================================== =
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