anotherone Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 Niagra Power Grid overload likely cause..... CNN....... Same as with the East Coast blackout in the 60's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfox Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 NJ offcials says: power outages due to Niagra power lane, overloaded. something like that. but note: It was "overloaded", of course it was.................. in one of the most civilized countiresd on earth there are blackout becasue of overloaded power lanes............sure................. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherone Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 Same as with the East Coast blackout in the 60's. Give 'em 40 years and they forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjkst27 Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 at least corpses will have a new story to blame poor earnings on "we lost 1 day of shopping due to brownout." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wndysrf Posted August 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 HiHat: Don't worry, the Mother of All Futures Jams will certainly arrive at 3:00am. They have to divert the wire transfers from the Caribbean from NY to the Chicago Pits in order to pull it off....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherone Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 The power is on here at work in the boonies of west central NJ. My answering machine is off at home in Jersey City so I am sure JC is affected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerMarket Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 did someone ask for conspiracy - why is CPST, major beneficiary of the rolling blackouts in CA, up almost 40% in the last few weeks, and possibly breaking out today: http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.web?c=cpst,uu[w,a]daclyyay[dc][pc62!c200!f][vc60][iUb14!La12,26,9]&pref=G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldmember Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 30 degree plus temperatures in Ontario....it can certainly get overloaded if the Eastern Seaboard is heat-waving as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoolander Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 Give 'em 40 years and they forget. Call me naive but aren't there supposed to be "firewalls" (for lack of a better term) to prevent this kind of problem cascading from one geographic area to another? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BartTheBear Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 Same as with the East Coast blackout in the 60's. That blackout in the 60's was a catostrophe. '65 was it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchaikofsky Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 www.island.com: The page cannot be displayed The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser settings. =========================== Might be why the AH quotes stop at 4:26 p.m. ET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wndysrf Posted August 14, 2003 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 CAT and GE, big backup power generator sellers, will be gapping up big in the am...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fxfox Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 euro now 40 pips off the highs from mins ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anotherone Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 Call me naive but aren't there supposed to be "firewalls" (for lack of a better term) to prevent this kind of problem cascading from one geographic area to another? Yeah, things were fixed after the 60's blackout. However, we are in the age of DEREGULATION meaning that everything that was fixed is probably all f*cked up now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoolander Posted August 14, 2003 Report Share Posted August 14, 2003 Whose got the quotes for the Spoos?? ino.com's last quotes were at 4:22pm After that, nothing........ FWIW, CME shows es at 987.75 as of 3:52 CST. Edit: Now shows es at 984.50 as of 4:02 CST Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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