tlogank Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Source: Link Large Portion of Los Angeles Loses PowerMonday, September 12, 2005 LOS ANGELES ? A large portion of Los Angeles (search) was blacked out Monday when electrical power was lost. The power got knocked out shortly before 1 p.m. after two power surges. Traffic lights throughout downtown and the San Fernando Valley were not working, causing major traffic problems, according to video from helicopter news crews. Downtown highrises also were darkened. The city's department of water and power said it was investigating the cause and extent of the outage. Weird, they warned of terrorist threats to this city just a couple of days ago...wonder if related?.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PureLogic Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 It's probably more related to poor maintenance instead of terrorists. Wasn't that the cause too when parts of Canada and NYC blacked out a few years back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 (edited) A large portion of Los Angeles was blacked out Monday when electrical power was lost.The power got knocked out shortly before 1 p.m. after two power surges. Traffic lights throughout downtown and the San Fernando Valley were not working, causing major traffic problems, according to video from helicopter news crews. Downtown highrises also were darkened. The city's department of water and power said it was investigating the cause and extent of the outage. News Source: FOXNews.com Hope the PDC isn't going to be effected :wacko: Edited September 12, 2005 by Hurmoth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlogank Posted September 12, 2005 Author Share Posted September 12, 2005 Beat you by 4 minutes... https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?show...#entry586515300 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Lamar Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 I see that on Fox News that's just crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Lyle Global Moderator Posted September 12, 2005 Global Moderator Share Posted September 12, 2005 nice sig PureLogic ;) and that is kinda crazy.. reminds me of the massive power loss in Ontario threw the states.. when the transformers overloaded, and the circuit breakers failed LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Beat you by 4 minutes...https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?show...#entry586515300 586515304[/snapback] Darn :p Well, all I can say is Thread Closed :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ficman Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Bummer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNay Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Source: LinkWeird, they warned of terrorist threats to this city just a couple of days ago...wonder if related?.... 586515286[/snapback] I doubt its related, LA has always had major issues with power. Mayb someone in the Hollywood studios is making a big movie and needs more juice! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrk Reviews Posted September 12, 2005 Reviews Share Posted September 12, 2005 Aliens, the time is near!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ev0| Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Aliens, the time is near!!! 586515329[/snapback] :alien: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cowpie Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Power cable accidently snapped at a distribution center by the guys working for Dept of Water and Power, no terroists here; portions are regaining power now though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PureLogic Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 nice sig PureLogic ;) 586515311[/snapback] Thanks! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Live Veteran Posted September 12, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 12, 2005 Doh, I told them the new Vista power management stuff was BETA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlogank Posted September 12, 2005 Author Share Posted September 12, 2005 Power cable accidently snapped at a distribution center by the guys working for Dept of Water and Power, no terroists here; portions are regaining power now though... 586515333[/snapback] Source? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
christracy Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 i think this outage may have hosed newegg.com. i can't get to it. note to newegg: DR site, unless of course that means higher prices which in that case nevermind! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmarE D Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 WOW all you care about is the PDC being cancelled or postponed....nice to know what others care about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kreuger Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Oh my god you're losing power?! Would it kill people to get off their asses and away from computers/tv and do something productive for once? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Live Veteran Posted September 12, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 12, 2005 WOW all you care about is the PDC being cancelled or postponed....nice to know what others care about 586515426[/snapback] So long as the story is just that power is lost, then yes... the PDC is a significant concern for those who have invested time in it. If the story were something worse, then the PDC is the reason that I have many friends in LA this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugnostos Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Oh my god you're losing power?! Would it kill people to get off their asses and away from computers/tv and do something productive for once? 586515456[/snapback] WTF Mate????!?!?? Calm the hell down. Seems you were on your ASS when you blasted this thread. Get a life. And, Since you seem to like preaching. THe Catholic Church is looking for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurmoth Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 WOW all you care about is the PDC being cancelled or postponed....nice to know what others care about 586515426[/snapback] Of course not :no: However, it is after all the largest event going on there. I would NOT want anyone hurt or want anyone to die due to the power going out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bucko Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Heh maybe microsoft used tons of Intel PC's to show Vista causing the power surges :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockz Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 Oh my god you're losing power?! Would it kill people to get off their asses and away from computers/tv and do something productive for once? 586515456[/snapback] um, hello! When a terrorist group says that Los Angeles is next... and the day after it he says that... the city looses power, it kind of sounds suspicous. I'm pretty sure its not an attack, but you never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted September 12, 2005 Veteran Share Posted September 12, 2005 So this is why Vista's power requirements are 1000 mWatts.... MS must of been powering up all the vista machines and took down LA :D *lol* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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