[marko]

Last night my neighborhood lost power from 8pm to midnight (4 hours). I had just gotten home to my roasting top-floor apartment and turned on the tiny air conditioning unit in my bedroom and the fan for the other rooms when, 3 minutes later, everything went off.

I live at the edge of a low-income district surrounded on 3 sides by very wealthy suburbs where houses start at $500,000. The power stayed on in the direction of the expensive suburbs. I can't get rid of the suspicion that the power company cut power to my neighborhood in order to be able to carry the load for the rich people around us.

[Dreamtwister]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('marko', 'I') can't get rid of the suspicion that the power company cut power to my neighborhood in order to be able to carry the load for the rich people around us.

[Leanan]

I was hoping to be sent home early today (as sometimes happens when there's a power shortage). No such luck. But they have asked us to turn off the lights and turn up the thermostat. So it's unpleasantly hot and dark in the office today.

[mentmush]

i don't know if it's related, but i've been having a terrible time with the internet today. i read on another message board about other people having similar trouble. they attributed it to bush's press conference, which seemed implausible. i thought that it could be related to the power grid...

[lateStarter]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Kingcoal', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('lateStarter', 'G')ive it a couple of days. Most electricity for AC is generated from NG in the US. Has no direct relation to oil. The general problem (as others have pointed out in other related threads) is that the grid is not equipped to handle the load. More outdated infrastructure. As long as enough NG is available, technically it should be no problem (ok, maybe lots of coal too....)

I'm sure it will be a problem soon. And we haven't even hit August yet.... Just think of it as a trial run....

[Pops]

I put up a couple links on the Review of the Olduvai Gorge thread, pg 19 regarding deregulation and the grid, http://www.peakoil.com/fortopic7291-270.html

[turtleT]

Surprised no one mentioned this yet. Denver is having trouble.
thousands without power
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'X')cel Energy said Monday night that 3,000 customers were still without power. However that is down from the original 12,000 customers without power Sunday evening.

[skiwi]

[url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10391980]Power outages hit New York subway, airport
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$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'N')EW YORK - Searing summer heat wreaked havoc on travel plans for New Yorkers today as power outages shut parts of LaGuardia International Airport and the city's subway system during the morning rush hour.

[Eman_0417]

From a quick overview of disscusion, seems like there are some problems all around the country and, suprise, suprise, not much in the MSM about it. I guess thats to be expected nowaday. The thread should possibly be dicussed more in the Olduvai Gorge thread. I know for me, living in a semi-rural community with water supplied by well, we are quite relient as of now on the grid. Hope to prepare for that soon.

[lotrfan55345]

thankfully, I'm protected from power outages since I live in a wealthy suburb

[Bleep]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('lotrfan55345', 't')hankfully, I'm protected from power outages since I live in a wealthy suburb

[Bleep]

Long list of blackout events I gleened from news searchs:

http://community.livejournal.com/peak_o ... ew=3240734

I just don't have the desire to recode everything from HTML to BBCODE. Maybe I should look for a program to do that for me?

[Armageddon]

i think they are hiding alot of them in the msm.

[marko]

My blackout night before last affected at least hundreds of people for several hours but was not reported in any of my local media. I doubt that my blackout (affecting hundreds) was isolated, because when I phoned the regional power company to report it, I got a recording stating something like "Crews are working to restore power in areas facing outages due to record electricity demand."

But not a word in the local media.

[dooberheim]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('lateStarter', 'T')hanks for the actual 'facts' Kingcoal regarding how electricity is produced in the US! Is it possible to find out on a state-by-state basis where they get their electricity from, or is it a non-issue with power sharing across the grid (satisfy demand where required)?

[Eli]

Well I can tell you for a fact that the power went out in different parts of North East Oklahoma.

We also have ample electricity supply in this area of the country. The problem is the infrastructure cannot handle the load required even if there is enough electricity production.

An interesting tidbit is that we received an automated call saying a truck had struck the power lines and that is what caused the power outage. But then I turned on the news to see that other communities in my immediate area had lost power during the day due to the heat. I think the power company was putting out some disinformation.

We will see more of this until at least Friday when the heat starts to break.

[Armageddon]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 00921.html

Laguardia airport has power outages. msm missed this one too

[Grimnir]

Well, big parts of Missouri and the area to the north are/were without power today due to some major storms that went through last night. Mine is back already; much sooner than I expected--gives me a little hope that the grid problems are at least partially surmountable. I kept hearing things explode all night long. Any electricians know what's going on when you hear BANG! (sizzle sizzle sizzle)? Is that power lines shorting out, transformers blowing, or what?

[0mar]

St. Louis evacuated after blackouts

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13954663/

[Pops]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Grimnir', 'I') kept hearing things explode all night long. Any electricians know what's going on when you hear BANG! (sizzle sizzle sizzle)? Is that power lines shorting out, transformers blowing, or what?