Blackout in London!
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 6
Blackout in London!
Go to http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,95932,00.html
I don't think this is a coincidence anymore.
Any other thoughts?
I don't think this is a coincidence anymore.
Any other thoughts?
#2
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 84
I sure hope you're wrong. I would think the hottest summer ever might have something to do with it.
#3
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 34,648
So far they are saying it is due to an overtaxed system, with the heatwave they have had.
It is not all over London, but it is in Kent also.
It is not all over London, but it is in Kent also.
#5
Join Date: Apr 2003
Posts: 91
I don't for a moment think this is terrorism. It makes sense that the power grid is overloaded by one of the hottest summers on record. I really feel for the people stuck in the tube; that would freak me out.
#6
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 347
Not only freak me out, imagine how hot it must be with the already high temperatures plus all those bodies crammed into such small ENCLOSED spaces! I definitely feel for everyone in London (and Kent!) right now!
#7
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 56
Why the overload NOW? I checked the London temperatures for today and it was in the low 60s (as a high!).
Why a power overload now that the heat wave is subsiding?
Why did the same company operating the Niagra Grid (New York) have the same failure on their London grid?
QUOTE: British energy regulator Ofgem said the fault lay with National Grid Transco, which runs Britain's power lines.
"There was a fault on a transformer system. There was loss of power for 34 minutes, but London Electricity has re-energized the system and it's back on," Reuters quoted an Ofgem spokesman as saying.
National Grid said the outage was "not even vaguely on the scale of what happened in the U.S."
National Grid's U.S. business Niagara Mohawk was among those hardest hit by the blackouts that struck the east coast of North America earlier this month.
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Inquiring minds want to know! While I do not believe in the grassy knoll or X-Files, I do stand in somewhat amazement that this is strictly "coincidence."
Cheers,
Ron
Why a power overload now that the heat wave is subsiding?
Why did the same company operating the Niagra Grid (New York) have the same failure on their London grid?
QUOTE: British energy regulator Ofgem said the fault lay with National Grid Transco, which runs Britain's power lines.
"There was a fault on a transformer system. There was loss of power for 34 minutes, but London Electricity has re-energized the system and it's back on," Reuters quoted an Ofgem spokesman as saying.
National Grid said the outage was "not even vaguely on the scale of what happened in the U.S."
National Grid's U.S. business Niagara Mohawk was among those hardest hit by the blackouts that struck the east coast of North America earlier this month.
END QUOTE
Inquiring minds want to know! While I do not believe in the grassy knoll or X-Files, I do stand in somewhat amazement that this is strictly "coincidence."
Cheers,
Ron
#9
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 4,247
Howard R !! too funny...my power goes out for at least 30 minutes to 5 or 6 hours about 3 times a week!
I better check the bushes for terrorists!!
I better check the bushes for terrorists!!
#10
Join Date: Mar 2003
Posts: 8,106
"Oh, goody. Let's have a new conspiracy theory!"
I think it is finally time for this board to concentrate on Current events. Watts up with these blackouts? I'm in the dark.
I think it is finally time for this board to concentrate on Current events. Watts up with these blackouts? I'm in the dark.
#11
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 1,437
I confess. While I was visiting my parents on the east coast this week, a construction crane fell onto a power line in the town next to theirs, causing widespread power loss. The very same night, in the town next to mine back here on the west coast, a runaway truck knocked down some utility poles, causing widespread power loss. I'm afraid that I'm the obvious link between these two incidents. Clearly, this is not coincidence.
#12
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 34,648
KT, thank you for the confession. I am happy to know the source of all the trouble. Please let us know if you decide to visit the east coast of the US again.
Thank you, Scarlett
#13
Join Date: Jan 2003
Posts: 7,167
KT, are you planning to attend the SF Fodors Get Together this fall? We'd love for you to come, but I think we need advance notice :-0
