> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ronn!Blankenship > Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 5:33 PM > To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' > Subject: RE: major power outage in the East > > At 11:05 AM 8/15/03 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >On > > > Behalf Of Chad Cooper > > > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 5:12 PM > > > To: Brin-L (E-mail 2) > > > Subject: major power outage in the East > > > > > > For all of you not on the Eastern side of the country... > > > Head to CNN ... > > > > > > The Niagra-Mohawk power grid is down... > > > A report from Manhattan is the Island is completely black... > > > Half of our Manufacturing plants are down, including Auburn Hills in > > > Michigan.... > > > > > >Power is restored in Queens. Walking home from the city yesterday > >wasn't fun. > > > How far did you have to walk?
Somewhere between 10 and 12 miles. (It would have been shorter, but I made a 48 block round-trip detour to see if the express buses were running.) My wife picked me up in the car when I got a couple of miles away. Huge crowds and no traffic lights made the trip a lot longer than it should have been. > > By way of comparison, I just got home from a walk to the local post office > and it was quite far enough to walk in today's heat, and I was expecting > and dressed for it, and I like walking. > I *did* like walking. Now I'm going to drive places for a while. :) Jon Le Blog: http://zarq.livejournal.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
