London Blackout
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 1:34 pm
Ya beat me to it. Just heard about it on the radio and needed to surf news sites to get more details.
Weird...
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 1:36 pm
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 1:38 pm
Oh no! Suddenly the East Coast/US/Canada Blackout requires another look. Or is more suspicious now. Could someone tell what the time difference is for London, from say NYC? 7 hours ahead? 5 hours ahead? Thanks.
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 1:39 pm
Eek! I would hate to be one of those people in a train or subway when that happened! But, considering I have never been on either I think I'm safe!
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 1:43 pm
Miss Mary wrote:Oh no! Suddenly the East Coast/US/Canada Blackout requires another look. Or is more suspicious now. Could someone tell what the time difference is for London, from say NYC? 7 hours ahead? 5 hours ahead? Thanks.
5 hours.
Sounds a little fishy, if you know what I mean...2 massive outages in 2 weeks?
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 1:49 pm
From abcnews.com:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/wire/World/re ... 8_360.html
It's back on. Still say this was suspicious. First NYC, among many other cities. Now London. What next? Almost hate to say that outloud.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/wire/World/re ... 8_360.html
It's back on. Still say this was suspicious. First NYC, among many other cities. Now London. What next? Almost hate to say that outloud.
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 1:53 pm
Yes and from what I understand it was right at Rush Hour.Maybe its nothing but it does make you wonder.
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 1:54 pm
Man...this is really weird...
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 1:54 pm
And didn't the NYC blackout hit on a Thursday too? :o Yes because SmackDown didn't come on... 
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 5:07 pm
It certainly did, Colin. I just saw it on tv at
my brother's house, next-door. I don't think
lightning at the Niagra Falls station had anything
to do with this one!
my brother's house, next-door. I don't think
lightning at the Niagra Falls station had anything
to do with this one!
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 5:09 pm
AND...the US and Great Britain were the two
leading superpowers in the Iraqi War?
leading superpowers in the Iraqi War?
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 9:05 pm
I became suspicious as soon as I heard the news too. I think that they still are not sure what exactly happened with the Northeast blackout.
Part of what the terrorists were trying to do was to "disrupt" the normal day to day activities of their victims and render them helpless. It is also interesting that it happened to LONDON and not Paris, Berlin, etc. :?
Part of what the terrorists were trying to do was to "disrupt" the normal day to day activities of their victims and render them helpless. It is also interesting that it happened to LONDON and not Paris, Berlin, etc. :?
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2003 9:55 pm
Stephanie wrote:It is also interesting that it happened to LONDON and not Paris, Berlin, etc. :?
I was thinking the same thing. The U.S., Canada and the U.K. all affected by major blackouts within a 2 week time period. Coincidence? I think not.
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 2:32 am
I'd say it was a coincidence. It could of happened there first and here over three months later and not on the same day of the week.
The United States east coast is 4 behind portions of England and 5 hours behind other parts of the country. During this time of year, (between early April and late October), when it is 8:00 PM Eastern Time it is 0Z, 0000 UTC and 00:00 GMT; GMT is Greenwich, England, thus in that portion of Great Britian it is a 4 hour difference.
(00:00 GMT is Midnight)
Interesting... at the start of "Studio B with Shephard Smith," Shephard was reporting that portions southwestern and southern London were out of power and "some areas got it back a short time ago."
Miss Mary wrote:Oh no! Suddenly the East Coast/US/Canada Blackout requires another look. Or is more suspicious now. Could someone tell what the time difference is for London, from say NYC? 7 hours ahead? 5 hours ahead? Thanks.
The United States east coast is 4 behind portions of England and 5 hours behind other parts of the country. During this time of year, (between early April and late October), when it is 8:00 PM Eastern Time it is 0Z, 0000 UTC and 00:00 GMT; GMT is Greenwich, England, thus in that portion of Great Britian it is a 4 hour difference.
(00:00 GMT is Midnight)
Miss Mary wrote:From abcnews.com:
http://www.abcnews.go.com/wire/World/re ... 8_360.html
It's back on. Still say this was suspicious. First NYC, among many other cities. Now London. What next? Almost hate to say that outloud.
Interesting... at the start of "Studio B with Shephard Smith," Shephard was reporting that portions southwestern and southern London were out of power and "some areas got it back a short time ago."
Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2003 6:37 am
Tom - I see there were inconsistencies with reports on this Blackout. So sorry. Didn't have access to the TV at the time....for those needing links and updates, I provided that link.
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2003 1:03 pm
I've heard about the London blackout yesterday morning.
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2003 5:10 pm
Miss Mary wrote:Tom - I see there were inconsistencies with reports on this Blackout. So sorry. Didn't have access to the TV at the time....for those needing links and updates, I provided that link.
No problem, Mary. I wanted to report what I heard. Thanks.
Posted: Sat Aug 30, 2003 7:11 pm
Well, if the Germans want to try another "Blitz", they're covered!