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Old August 16th, 2003, 12:31 AM
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Default Re: Massive Power Outage

Wow! Looks like I just missed all the fun over there in Central Canada/Eastern USA. Just got back to Alberta Tuesday - missed the Air Canada service nightmare by a day, then missed the whole region going dark by two days.

CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Communists... er Corporation) gave us nothing but the power-outage all night long. It's not surprising as the head offices are in Toronto, and our nation's capital, Ottawa, was also blacked out. Washington was safe, right?

They'd better figure out the power grid quick, cause this little episode just alerted the terrorist to America's achilles heel. Try this on for size: terrorist cell #1, 2 and 3 hit three power stations in either Canada or the USA on the same night. Terrorist cells # 4, 5, 6, 7, 8... are instructed to do their nasty businesses on any night that goes dark (proceed by foot or bike). Sounds like a recipe for total and complete pain to me.

[ August 15, 2003, 23:32: Message edited by: jimbob ]
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