[HPFGU-OTChatter] I love New York! Was:Blackout

[YUkon28209]

>Anna wrote:
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>
>I'm sorry, I really don't mean to sound so sarcastic, but I guess I
>would like to know how the rest of North America that was affected by
>this is coping, and not just the same location over and over.

Eowyn wrote:

>
>I am really interested in hearing more about Ohio. I have heard some 
>news reports that this all started there and I would like to hear 
>more on how they are coping. I live in the US but I have family in 
>Canada, most are in B.C. but I do have some that live in Toronto, I 
>would love to hear more stories on how the Canadian Parliament is 
>handling and coping with the outage.
>
>I do agree with you on the fact that the media is focusing on NY 
>more than anywhere else, probably due to 9/11.
>
>

While there's been tons about New York, I did see some coverage on 
Detroit and Ohio today watching CNBC - I also was a bit peeved not to 
hear more about metro Detroit (my hometown) and Toronto (another town 
where I've lived) but at least "Business Center" touched on it.
Cleveland's been suffering from a huge water shortage thanks to the 
blackout, and is wondering if there will be enough clean water to go 
around. I read some news stories from home thanks to Google News - 2 
million people in Detroit still without power, people running out of 
water and waiting in line for hours to get gas for their vehicles. A 
friend of mine was working at one of the auto companies and had to 
pull a shift all night to get the computer systems back on line, the 
auto plants are not doing well.

My understanding is there are some big battles between Canada and the 
US government and power companies for blame. The most recent I heard 
was that they now believe the outage started in Michigan, which went 
to Ohio to get a reserve of power, and that Ohio then triggered the 
outage by tripping the rest of the Northeastern grid.

Agreed about NY - perhaps another issue is the reliance on public 
transportation in the city, which means lots of great footage of 
people walking everywhere.
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