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chiefsshop Enthusiast

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I'm up here in Syracuse and I guess I got lucky my power is still on but other parts of the city are out of juice. I have a generator on standby if needed. :thumbs:

SilveradoWV Senior Enthusiast

SilveradoWV

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Whoever designed that must be off in the head. One problem causes outages from Canada to New Jersey to Detroit to Cleveland and to wheverever else in the NE. When there is a problem around here it only effects that localized area. I know its not the population that there is in NYC but come on, you would think NYC would have a bunch of power plants just for the city.

greyghost03 Senior Enthusiast

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Weirdest thing hapened...... As I was reading this thread earlier today the power went out for about 10 sec and then came back on! I just thought that was kinda weird. :thumbs: Glad I'm in the south!

mjsmith1223 Enthusiast

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Power is on in western Michigan - no problems. Didn't even realize power went out in Detroit until I saw it on the news last evening.

 

Mike

Grand Haven, MI

99silveradoz71 Senior Enthusiast

99silveradoz71

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See on the news?? Ha, I wish. Lived it. Was out sealing the drive about 4:30 yesterday afternoon when the radio station went static for about a second or 2. Then they came on and said the power went out. Then we learned it was so widespread. Came back on around 7:15 this morning, then off around 11, back on at 1, off around 5, back on sometime later...and now, so far so good. But the fridge is cleaned out and I'm not sure if I'd rush to eat anything until Monday.

SxViper Enthusiast

SxViper

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Northeast never even flashed... I knew nothing of the problems until the 11'o clock news.. Got to love the northeast... Were not even connected to the power grid of the rest of the country... :P I knew living not that far from one of those nuclear power plants was a good thing... LOL :D

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