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Thread ID: 36635 2003-08-14 23:46:00 OT:New york back on the headlines csinclair83 (200) Press F1
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167902 2003-08-14 23:46:00 no power....
they not sure if teres been a terrorist attack or just a normal power fault...everyones walking home along the motorways...cars cant move...

its on tv3...
csinclair83 (200)
167903 2003-08-15 01:42:00 Why can't the cars move? They're not electric are they? :)

Apparently it was a lightning strike on a power plant.

Mike.
Mike (15)
167904 2003-08-15 02:04:00 The cars con't move if the cellphone repeaters are out. :D

Bush will be declaring war on his God for using weapons of mass destruction like lighning.
Graham L (2)
167905 2003-08-15 03:24:00 read this..u'd find the reason why cars arent moving etc...


Air traffic into New York's three major airports was affected, the Federal Aviation Administration said, and thousands of office workers crowded onto the streets in heat of more than 90 degrees F (33 C), facing a long walk home as buses and trains came to a halt and the streets became gridlocked as traffic signals failed to function.

Thousands more were trapped underground in the dark when rush hour subway trains stopped in their tunnels after the power went out shortly after 4 pm local time (8:20am Friday NZT).

Cellular phone services were disrupted as anxious New Yorkers clogged the network with calls.

"Right now the power outage is affecting all of our operations, We have no buses, no trains, no subways running. The airports have their perimeters secured ...," a spokesman for the New York Port Authority said.

Nine nuclear reactors in four US states were shut down following the outage, officials said.
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