Reply to Re: Ontario/Eastern U.S. Blackout 2003
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I live about 45 minutes from Ottawa, and while we small towners got our power on just before midnight (it was happy hour at the bar last night). It was still a complete shock. We had weathered *The Ice Storm* a few years back, but as I talked to a few friends in Ottawa, who were having *brown-outs* (where you get power for a few hours, then it's shut off) , regular people were directing traffic, and lots of people were having communal barbecue's. My daughter works for Bell Canada...they were overwhelemed with calls, so many in fact she worked several hours of overtime. Older people were literally stuck in their apparments, with the humidty factor raising to 38 degrees. Many business's were shut down, but we (Ottawa) had our fair share of looters etc.
While watching TV earlier, everyone had a theroy on exactly what happened. They went to the streets (where many people had spent the night) and were asking questions. One guy mentioned UFO's and another was predicting the end of the world.
In a way this reminded me of *The Ice Storm* , but at least we won't freeze, and as of yet our water is still running. Anyhow, it remains a very spooky situation.
>^..^<
)I live about 45 minutes from Ottawa, and while we small towners got our power on just before midnight (it was happy hour at the bar last night). It was still a complete shock. We had weathered *The Ice Storm* a few years back, but as I talked to a few friends in Ottawa, who were having *brown-outs* (where you get power for a few hours, then it's shut off) , regular people were directing traffic, and lots of people were having communal barbecue's. My daughter works for Bell Canada...they were overwhelemed with calls, so many in fact she worked several hours of overtime. Older people were literally stuck in their apparments, with the humidty factor raising to 38 degrees. Many business's were shut down, but we (Ottawa) had our fair share of looters etc.
While watching TV earlier, everyone had a theroy on exactly what happened. They went to the streets (where many people had spent the night) and were asking questions. One guy mentioned UFO's and another was predicting the end of the world.
In a way this reminded me of *The Ice Storm* , but at least we won't freeze, and as of yet our water is still running. Anyhow, it remains a very spooky situation.
>^..^<
