The Granddaddy of all power outages!!

[dannymax]

http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/...ts-power-to-more-than-600-million-people?lite

 

[Bob Denman]

A whole lot of India has been kicked back into the stone age. Wait a minutes... That was only about ten years' ago for them! :shocked: :joke:
Poor infrastructure and an apparent unwillingness to fix it... :gaah:

 

[dannymax]

A whole lot of India has been kicked back into the stone age. Wait a minutes... That was only about ten years' ago for them! :shocked: :joke:
Poor infrastructure and an apparent unwillingness to fix it... :gaah:

Some of the photos I've seen of their transmission facilities makes me question if it can even BE fixed at all....just gobs of wires running everywhere!

 

[ARtraveler]

Brings memories of the "little birdie" incident that happened in Ohio a few years back. They said a bird or something like that shorted out a transformer. The power grids failed all the way back to New York or so for a big blackout.

 

[FutureRyder]

Poor infrastructure and an apparent unwillingness to fix it... :gaah:

Are you referring to India or the US? :roflblack:

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: I'm not sure...
I know that I've been accused of being a "Neanderthal" more than once! :roflblack:

 

[boborgera]

Its all relative, With the huge population in India 600 million people Would be the equivalent of 6 hundred in Idaho .:dontknow:

 

[Bob Denman]

Wellll.... maybe just a few more than that; half of India is powerless...

 

[JCSMOKE]

india has nukes they can light that place up if they really wanted to

 

[Arr MiHardies]

Some of the photos I've seen of their transmission facilities makes me question if it can even BE fixed at all....just gobs of wires running everywhere!

And these are the guys doing the phone tech support for most companies. Scary isn't it?

 

[Rayelljay]

And these are the guys doing the phone tech support for most companies. Scary isn't it?

I remember it well....I drove through India and ran the narrow gauge steam railroads in the foothills in the late sixties and this picture may be duplicated on every street corner.
Anyone ever driven a vehicle in India...?....now that is truly scary.....never been so bloody scared in my life....a mountain up one side and a sheer drop on the other.

 

[vampyregirl]

Brings memories of the "little birdie" incident that happened in Ohio a few years back. They said a bird or something like that shorted out a transformer. The power grids failed all the way back to New York or so for a big blackout.

Don't blame the birds!!! It was those smelly mayflies!!!! I was one of the lucky ones that still had power when that happened! :thumbup:

 

[dannymax]

And these are the guys doing the phone tech support for most companies. Scary isn't it?

It's actually pretty amazing that half the country still has power when you see stuff like this!! :yikes::yikes::yikes:

 

[mowin]

All I want too know is where do I plug the battery tender in..:dontknow:

 

[dannymax]

All I want too know is where do I plug the battery tender in..:dontknow:

:yikes: THAT'S what overloaded the system and knocked out half the country.....a BT Jr.!! :roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:

 

[Bob Denman]

All I want too know is where do I plug the battery tender in..:dontknow:

<POP!> :shocked:

 

[mowin]

Sorrypps:

 

[Bob Denman]

If you managed to take out the phone service from India to the U.S. so that we'd get some customer service folks who actually know a little English.. :2thumbs: :clap:

 

[mowin]

If you managed to take out the phone service from India to the U.S. so that we'd get some customer service folks who actually know a little English.. :2thumbs: :clap:

No such luck.....