Well, all I know is that Connecticut must be out too 'cause there
hasn't been a "peep-amundo" from "Cap'n Bob" all "day"...'-)
Gerard
At 10:37 PM -0400 8/14/03, GreenBugeye@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 8/14/03 5:00:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>millerls@ado13.com writes:
>
>> Seems as though the power if off in most of the Northeast US all the way
>> West to Cleveland.
>
>Actually west to Detroit and south at least to Akron. Power just came back
>on here -- was out for six hours or so -- but they're saying 75% of Akron is
>still dark. Sure was fun driving home from downtown this afternoon with no
>traffic lights functioning!
>
>Cleveland is still dark and facing a major water crisis as the pumps from
>Lake Erie are not getting power. Water pipes are already empty in
>many suburbs
>and south into northern Summit County (my county) and TV and radio stations in
>Cleveland are telling folks how to drain the water from their hot water tanks
>for emergency use. They're also saying that when they turn the water back on,
>the air in the system may blow water mains throughout the area. Akron has
>its own water system so we'll be fine, but there could be lots of Clevelanders
>going to Lake Erie in the morning to take a bath.
>
>Chris Eck
>Akron, OH
>Sweet electricity (for now)
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