South FLA power outtage

South FLA power outtage#159406

By PAmedic - February 26th, 2008, 4:01 pm

- February 26th, 2008, 4:01 pm #159406

what the hay is going on down there?

Hospitals w/out power

schools, etc.

something to do with a Nuke plant shutting down? 68k w/out power ATT

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By PAmedic - February 26th, 2008, 4:05 pm

- February 26th, 2008, 4:05 pm #159408

Lee County, Broward, Miami-Dade, Orlando, Miami and more.

entire eastern seaboard apparently.

newser on Fox now- saying NOT criminal, just a procedural malfunction that shut the plant down

DU-OH!

JLFJR wrote:Thanks for your input, PA! Very helpful.

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By blwall1416 - February 26th, 2008, 4:09 pm

- February 26th, 2008, 4:09 pm #159409

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By ToTheLeft - February 26th, 2008, 4:10 pm

- February 26th, 2008, 4:10 pm #159410

Lee County is Western, and a good distance from Miami/Dade. It's encompassing pretty much all of the peninsula, including my hometown and where I grew up... Craziness. From Tampa, all the way down around the peninsula and up to Jacksonville.

Good ol' FPL will sort things out somehow.

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By PAmedic - February 26th, 2008, 4:13 pm

- February 26th, 2008, 4:13 pm #159412

hysteria subsiding somewhat now as Shep is reporting it may largely be a "brown-out" rather than a complete "black-out" everywhere.

then again- typical initial reports are conflicting; no one really knows what's actually going on yet.

Certainly NO power in many areas.

good luck to emergency services if this continues after dark

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By Cider Jim - February 26th, 2008, 4:20 pm

- February 26th, 2008, 4:20 pm #159416

When the power goes out in West Virginia, no one even notices.

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By blwall1416 - February 26th, 2008, 4:36 pm

- February 26th, 2008, 4:36 pm #159418

Cider Jim wrote:When the power goes out in West Virginia, no one even notices.

Yes they do....they notice "the bug zapper ain't makin' noise no more."

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By vastrightwinger - February 26th, 2008, 4:57 pm

- February 26th, 2008, 4:57 pm #159424

So they are saying Turkey Point which is a Nuclear Power Plant south of Miami went down and caused the rest of the plants up the coast to go down as well. I was on my lunch break and trying to get back to work when all of a sudden all the street lights went off. It turned a 10 minute drive into 45 minutes. My wife is a kindergarten teacher and she was not allowed to dismiss her class until almost 3:30 (school gets out at 2) because of the lights situation. Not fun! Everything is pretty much back to normal...well for South Florida anyway.

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By PAmedic - February 26th, 2008, 7:33 pm

- February 26th, 2008, 7:33 pm #159504

glad to hear they're getting it under control.

could've been a VERY long nite for you guys down there.

JLFJR wrote:Thanks for your input, PA! Very helpful.

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By Fumblerooskies - February 26th, 2008, 8:46 pm

- February 26th, 2008, 8:46 pm #159543

blwall1416 wrote:
Cider Jim wrote:When the power goes out in West Virginia, no one even notices.
Yes they do....they notice "the bug zapper ain't makin' noise no more."

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By jack_sparrow81 - February 26th, 2008, 8:53 pm

- February 26th, 2008, 8:53 pm #159547

Yeh we lost power up here in certian area's. I'm suprise the looters wern't out and about

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By PAmedic - February 26th, 2008, 8:58 pm

- February 26th, 2008, 8:58 pm #159555

glad you guys are doing ok.

JLFJR wrote:Thanks for your input, PA! Very helpful.

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