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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 07:08 PM Original message |
Queens Blackout: 100,000 people, SEVEN DAYS > |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 07:10 PM Response to Original message |
1. Palast is right. |
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Davis_X_Machina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 07:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. Deferred maintenance is a fast way... |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 07:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
16. It becomes a downward spiral |
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DoYouEverWonder (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
3. I grew up in that area |
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rocktivity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
4. They're probably so outsourced they couldn't gear up a full repair crew |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. Pardon the tin foil hat but... |
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SmokingJacket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 07:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. That is a really, REALLY long time to go without any obvious |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 09:12 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I went about 30 hours during the Northeast blackout a few years ago |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
6. How is Deregulation Good for the Economy Again? (nt) |
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Pacifist Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:14 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Which view do you want? |
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stepnw1f (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 10:17 AM Response to Reply #25 |
36. lol... not sure (nt) |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 07:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. Deregulation allowed them to nail down every penny of profit |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:29 AM Response to Reply #7 |
20. Where could I find documentation on that? |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:25 AM Response to Reply #20 |
27. Check Palast |
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OzarkDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
26. Cutting maintenance workers, too |
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enough (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. The two explanations go hand-in-hand. |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 07:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I know when the whole Northeast was out a few years ago - |
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partylessinOhio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 07:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. It is another outrage like Katrina. There is no excuse to tolerate loss |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 07:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. It really has some echoes of Katrina in some ways |
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smirkymonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 07:19 PM Response to Original message |
10. I propose that the management of ConEd be shut in the trunk |
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blonndee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 07:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. Leaders press Pataki in NYC power outage: (request disaster area |
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Loge23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
14. 2006 - The future is getting further away |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
15. Well, it's privateering and deregulation. |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 09:05 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. And you can choose your power supplier, but not the lines it comes in on |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:33 AM Response to Original message |
21. Mercury is Retrograde |
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Rosemary2205 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
22. The entire infrastruction of this country is in deep cheese |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:49 AM Response to Original message |
23. I'd like to at least see this on Greatest Page and thus am recommending |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 09:03 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. That and people left stranded for DAYS |
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Crankie Avalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:08 AM Response to Original message |
24. And that's five! |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 09:02 AM Response to Reply #24 |
28. I spent the day in Queens yesterday |
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Crankie Avalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 09:34 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. I was thinking Long Island City... |
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foreverdem (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
31. I live in Astoria - it's the wiring |
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AbbyR (734 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 12:06 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. My daughter lives in Astoria, too.... |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 11:35 AM Response to Original message |
32. Who's to blame? Republicans |
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Up2Late (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
34. What the hell happened? Did they fry a power sub-station? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 10:36 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. See my reply slightly below here... (NT) |
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AllegroRondo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
35. Theres 300,000 people without power in St Louis since last Wednesday. |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
37. Data on the cause(s): |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-25-06 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
39. Oh my goodness! How can we help? |
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