Only in New York could that sound romatic!
fealola, your comment reminded me of something Mayor Bloomberg said in one his press conferences last night: he very sternly reminded people that, while "candlelight may seem romantic," "under no circumstances" should anyone go to bed and leave a candle burning. I know that's very sound advice, but something about his use the phrase "under no circumstances," in that context, made me laugh.
hmmm. let me ponder that one for a minute!
Nice, Bree. I love the sound of a French horn and it does sound romantic.
Here's an interesting tidbit from the U.N. Wire, a daily email service:
Quote:Hours before the blackout, a fire broke out for the second day in a row in the basement of the U.N. building, where batteries used as a backup for the power system in case of energy failure were stored. On Wednesday, hundreds of U.N. workers were evacuated from the basement floors after the first fire started (AP II/Yahoo! News, Aug. 15).
Batteries do that when they are overheated... I wonder if other places had that problem.
mamajuana wrote:. When asked about VP Dick Cheney, it was announced that it was thought he was on vacation in Wyoming.
Well now, isn't that reassuring? They
think they know where he is.
In fairness, that's not a job for which attendance is mandatory, or even noticed. He'll only be "high-profile" when a tie-breaking vote is needed in the Senate.
Bush today was quoted about this confirming his concern about our power infrastructure. Huh? Just when has he mentioned this before? Seems to me that when he really wants something--tax cuts, war in Iraq--he's relentless.
The man is truly shameless...
touche again, Brother D'art.
This is the result of a President whose answer to global warming is "turn up the air conditioning".
Do you know if there are any satellite images of this blackout available?
Yeah, D'art. I just heard his sound bite on the radio and those were my very thoughts.
The BBC says it started in upstate New York.
So that must be right then.
I heard part of an NPR report this afternoon which seemed to treat the outage as a "what if." What if it had been a terrorist attack. And then gave examples of previous threats to the power grid. Quite chilling.
The thing I continue to find eerie is how well it fits into the Cheney energy scenario. "See -- we have to take control of this and change it..."
Just came back on line after a 27 hour blackout. The greatest inconvenience was not the lack of electricity but of water. I live in a high-rise building and since the pump that sends the water up to the water tower was not working we were without water for most of the time.
As for the people in NY they as they normally do took it in stride.
The latest report puts the initial failure in Ohio.
Ohio?
Rot.
I thought we were going to Blame Canada.
Sophia
It's all Bush's fault.
UN site's been down all day - that due to the blackout too? Same with the TNR website.
au1929 wrote:Sophia
It's all Bush's fault.
Itn' it always! Actually, I think Tartarin's pinning this one on Cheney. :wink:
oldandknew wrote:Then you'd all have to learn Arabic and ride around on Camels instead of smoking them.
With the weird things people smoke these days, it wouldn't surpise me at all to hear of someone trying to smoke the humped back one. And, no, I don't mean smoked ham style. ;P
