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Monday, September 12, 2005 at 1:04 PM
Edited Monday, September 12, 2005 at 1:06 PM Bad times considering that it's a mild day there and in the West so their power needs are relatively low: "LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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." —bguirk |
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Monday, September 12, 2005 at 4:08 PM
My first thought when I heard about this was "oh boy. If there's a show tonight, adam will be in rare form."
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Monday, September 12, 2005 at 4:11 PM From USA Today: LOS ANGELES (AP) — Utility workers connected the wrong wires and caused a blackout across major portions of Los Angeles on Monday afternoon, trapping people in elevators and snarling traffic at intersections, authorities said. About 2 million people were affected by the resulting power surge and outages, which were reported from downtown west to the Pacific Coast and north into the San Fernando Valley. Much of the power, which failed at about 12:30 p.m., was restored within less about 2{ hours; all power was expected to restored by 5 p.m. Several workers who were installing an automated transmission system hooked up the wrong wires, according to Ron Deaton, general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. —pookie |
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Monday, September 12, 2005 at 4:14 PM But, at first, I thought it might have something to do with this: From USA Today: Tape contains terrorist threats against L.A., Australia NEW YORK (AP) — A tape delivered to ABC News in Pakistan this weekend features a masked man making terrorist threats against Los Angeles and Melbourne, Australia. ABC News reported that the man is believed to be Adam Yahiye Gadahn, an American from California purported to be an al-Qaeda member and wanted by the FBI. —pookie |
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Monday, September 12, 2005 at 4:59 PM
Edited Monday, September 12, 2005 at 4:59 PM And bee-ah. Lots of bee-ah. /aussie accent —Colin |
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Monday, September 12, 2005 at 7:44 PM Melbourne, there is Monique Brumby and Stephen Cummings. —MajandraFan |
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Monday, September 12, 2005 at 9:19 PM I turned on the news today and saw reporters reporting from Bur...Rapebank.
So Adam might say something that links to that. —HocusPocus |
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Monday, September 12, 2005 at 10:34 PM I had a friend in Melbourne, but he moved to Tazmania. —bguirk |
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Tuesday, September 13, 2005 at 1:00 AM Bah, not even a passing mention of it. I'm so disappointed. —Dark Laith |
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Tuesday, September 13, 2005 at 1:47 AM What's in Melbourne?
—mandeemoo22 Surly koalas.
—Beat It! That was awesome.
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