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To: Knighty Tin who wrote (255865)8/14/2003 5:14:40 PM
From: MythMan  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 436258
 
ok, so in other words, they have NFI why this is happening.



To: Knighty Tin who wrote (255865)8/14/2003 5:18:37 PM
From: yard_man  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
somebody said that the smoke was backup gen starting -- oil for back up?? don't know -- don't know what kind of a plant that was.



To: Knighty Tin who wrote (255865)8/14/2003 5:18:53 PM
From: MythMan  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 436258
 
saw this...

>State officials said the Niagara-Mohawk power grid was overloaded. The grid provides power for New York and stretches into Canada. The officials said the outage is a natural occurrence and not related to terrorism.<<



To: Knighty Tin who wrote (255865)8/14/2003 5:25:01 PM
From: Lucretius  Respond to of 436258
 
its simple. we preprogram all sensitive infrastructure to spontaneously combust if the power goes off -vbg-