The Blackout of 2003

[Meg Boyd]

Wow...the things you miss while going camping...I had no power all weekend because I was in the woods...but I get home and I read this...weird...I had no idea this happened at all...wow....

[AccioNiffler]

I'm from the UK, but I don't understand how they could lose the power to millions of people from 21 power stations instantly without some kind of a fall back system to prevent such a big power cut.

No one understands it, all we know for sure is that someone was a huge jack ass and screwed up royaly (pardon my language)

hoopsmaster-- I dont think I lost power in April, but I think I have to disagree with you about the best time to lose power, because in the winter at least you can put on a sweater or something to warm up, but is the summer you can only take off so much to cool down...

[Meg Boyd]

hmm...winter vs. summer....well...at least in the winter you could make a fire to keep warm, but what are you going to do to keep cool in the summer w/o eklectricty? But you prolly owuldn't die because of the heat, but if it was cold enough you could die with out heat! hmmmm

[gecko]

Actually, people do die because of the heat. In France, as many as 5000 (!) people have already succombed to the heat! I've heard the waiting time to bury / cremate someone has risen to 2 weeks!

Here's some information about it..
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europ ... index.html and here http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europ ... index.html

[Ju-DedoH]

yeah, been quite hot here, that information is about elderly people, quite sad to say the truth ...

[hoopsmaster88]

but is the summer you can only take off so much to cool down...

good point, i guess it's a little easier for guys


btw, i love this this one :