Power outages

[EaglesFan]

We just went 25 hours without power. It wouldn't have been too bad but it was too hott in the house for the kids. I can't even estimate how much food we lost. Could have been worse though.

What's the worst you guys have ever seen?

[SPTO]

Re: Power outages

close to 48 hrs in the "great blackout of '03" It was hot as hell, my refrigerated meat almost went bad (had to take some to my aunt who got power before we did) and we were sweating like pigs!

[aukevin]

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Hurricane Erin in 1995 knocked the power out at my house for 5 days in August. It was crazy hot. We pretty much just stayed in the pool for those days. I was in 10th grade at the time so I didn't have to worry about it, but I remember my parents being worried about all the cold food in the house going bad.

My parents, who still live in Pensacola, had it much worse a couple years ago with Hurricane Ivan. I think they were without power for a little over a week.

[Graphik]

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close to 48 hrs in the "great blackout of '03" It was hot as hell, my refrigerated meat almost went bad (had to take some to my aunt who got power before we did) and we were sweating like pigs!

Yea, that had to suck for your NYorkers and most on the east side of Canada.

[JiggidyJames]

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NYC blackout of '04 turned out to be fun. I had the biggest BBQ ever.

Right now in Queens there's some power outages, including parts of LaGuardia Airport.

[Zer0xray]

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the one in new york a couple of yrs ago was the worst i experienced. but it wasnt bad at all...me and my friends just walked all over queens and checked it out. soooo many ppl walking coming from work. i think the power went off at like 4 and was back on by 11 the next morning

[mercalnd]

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January 1998. There was an icestorm in the Southern part of Quebec. Our house didn't have power for about 10 days. Some smaller towns went without power for 5 weeks. That's in the winter too. The temperature were between -5 and -20 celsius. We were lucky enough to have family that still had power North of Montreal so we stayed there for about a week after spending the first few days in our house.

[MassNole]

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January 1998. There was an icestorm in the Southern part of Quebec. Our house didn't have power for about 10 days. Some smaller towns went without power for 5 weeks. That's in the winter too. The temperature were between -5 and -20 celsius. We were lucky enough to have family that still had power North of Montreal so we stayed there for about a week after spending the first few days in our house.

In Burlington, VT we lost power on and off for hours at a time during that storm. Our house was on the same grid as the power company, so if it went out we knew it'd be back ASAP. I know parts of Maine went 3-4 weeks without power.

[EaglesFan]

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With all the money power companies get from their customers alone, a long power outage is completly inexscuseable imo.

[ehh]

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Right now in Queens there's some power outages, including parts of LaGuardia Airport.

My boy who lives in Astoria hasn't had it for a long *** time now, he's spent the last few days @ his relatives crib on Staten Island.

[Brandon13]

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My parents, who still live in Pensacola, had it much worse a couple years ago with Hurricane Ivan. I think they were without power for a little over a week.

Yep, here in Fort Walton, which is about 40 miles from Pensacola, we were without power for about 5 days after Hurricane Ivan. Having a generator helped to keep the food from going bad but we couldn't run the air conditioning.

[TheLetterZ]

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We just went 25 hours without power. It wouldn't have been too bad but it was too hott in the house for the kids. I can't even estimate how much food we lost. Could have been worse though.

What's the worst you guys have ever seen?

Man, that storm we had a few days ago was crazy, no wonder so many people around here were without power. I got lucky, but this area got wrecked by that storm.

[rubisco43]

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last year? 2 years ago? hurricane what's-his-face (ivan?) hit maryland. no power in my area for 5 days.

[JiggidyJames]

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My boy who lives in Astoria hasn't had it for a long *** time now, he's spent the last few days @ his relatives crib on Staten Island.

Yup, I think it's been almost three days now. Astoria, Long Island City, Woodside and Sunnyside all without power. Con Ed hasn't said anything about when power is going to be restored and everyone is getting more PO'd by the minute. Con Ed is a joke.

[Holic]

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Back in the winter of 1993. The Blizzard of 1993 aka The Storm of the Century, it affected many, but it was huge here in the south because we rarely get snow. We were without power for almost a week. Its the most snow I've ever seen on the ground. Luckily we had a nice wood heater, with plenty of wood. Kept us nice, and warm, and allowed us to cook. And ofcourse having a 4x4 was fun for awhile, til the cops pulled me and my dad over..twice.

Here is a link for those who might not remember it.

http://www.weathermatrix.net/education/blizzard93/