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Subject: 2003 Blackout Anniversary Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:56 pm
Slow day today. Remember 5 years ago today? For 3-4 days I couldn't use my computer
Where were you when it happened? I was coming home from someplace and the streetlight when out and my radio was acting goofy. When I got home, I saw the whole street was powerless.
catbox_9 DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger
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I was in California using extra energy just because I could.
gs78 Detroit Tiger
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:haha: I remember that! My mom and sister were in Michigan. I was in California using extra energy just because I could.
Shame on you
catbox_9 DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger
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That day was kind of like Bobrob's for me. My husband was bringing me home from work (was a radiology clerk then) and the streetlights were out. We had to sit in a dark oven-like house for a day and a half!
gs78 Detroit Tiger
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:haha: I remember that! My mom and sister were in Michigan. I was in California using extra energy just because I could.
Shame on you
Well cutting back on power wouldn't have helped you any. Michigan doesn't get its power from the same place as California.
You guys need to make the switch to nuclear. We get our power form a nuclear plant and we don't have blackout troubles.
Nuclear Plants Rule!
And Homer Simpson works at one
catbox_9 DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger
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Nuclear Plants Rule! And Homer Simpson works at one
Yeah they do. Despite everyone's fears, they're actually one of the safer forms of power you'll find.
And yeah, go Homer!
bobrob2004 DTF1 MODERATOR Detroit Tiger
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Subject: Re: 2003 Blackout Anniversary Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:03 am
laprimamirala wrote:
We had to sit in a dark oven-like house for a day and a half!
Oh yeah, that's right it was HOT at that time. I slept at my friend's basement for the next couple of nights days.
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Subject: Re: 2003 Blackout Anniversary Fri Aug 15, 2008 12:57 am
catbox_9 wrote:
gs78 wrote:
catbox_9 wrote:
:haha: I remember that! My mom and sister were in Michigan. I was in California using extra energy just because I could.
Shame on you
Well cutting back on power wouldn't have helped you any. Michigan doesn't get its power from the same place as California.
You guys need to make the switch to nuclear. We get our power form a nuclear plant and we don't have blackout troubles.
Michigan does have nuclear at the Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station. It is a nuclear power plant on the shore of Lake Erie near Monroe, in Frenchtown Charter Township, Monroe County, Michigan, USA, approximately halfway between Detroit, Michigan and Toledo, Ohio. Two units have been constructed on this site. The first unit's construction started in 1963, and the second unit reached criticality in 1988.
I read the book "We almost Lost Detroit" (Published: 1975) back then and was scared for years! It was about The 94MWe prototype fast breeder reactor Fermi 1 unit operated at the site from 1957 to 1972. On October 5, 1966 Fermi 1 suffered a partial fuel meltdown.
Fermi 2 is still in operation, and they are considering building Fermi 3. They learned their lesson and no longer build "breeder reactors"
GoGetEmTigers DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger
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Subject: Re: 2003 Blackout Anniversary Fri Aug 15, 2008 1:04 am
Here is the song that was written about the accident at Fermi.
words to the song
Spoiler:
It stands out on a highway like a Creature from another time. It inspires the babies’ questions, “What’s that?” For their mothers as they ride. But no one stopped to think about the babies or how they would survive, and we almost lost Detroit this time. How would we ever get over loosing our minds? Just thirty miles from Detroit stands a giant power station. It ticks each night as the city sleeps seconds from anniahlation. But no one stopped to think about the people or how they would survive, and we almost lost Detroit this time. How would we ever get over over loosing our minds? The sherrif of Monroe county had, sure enough disasters on his mind, and what would karen Silkwood say if she was still alive? That when it comes to people’s safety money wins out every time. and we almost lost Detroit this time, this time. How would we ever get over over loosing our minds? You see, we almost lost Detroit that time. Almost lost Detroit that time. And how would we ever get over… Cause odds are, we gonna loose somewhere, one time. Odds are we gonna loose somewhere sometime. And how would we ever get over loosing our minds? And how would we ever get over loosing our minds? Didn’t they, didn’t they decide? Almost lost Detroit that time. Damn near totally destroyed, one time. Didn’t all of the world know? Say didn’t you know? Didn’t all of the world know? Say didn’t you know?
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Subject: Re: 2003 Blackout Anniversary Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:22 am
GoGetEmTigers DTF1 ADMINISTRATOR Detroit Tiger
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Subject: Re: 2003 Blackout Anniversary Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:25 am
iluvpudge7 wrote:
Part of Michigan's history most folks don't know about!
iluvpudge7 Erie SeaWolf
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Subject: Re: 2003 Blackout Anniversary Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:26 am
I sure didn't! I don't know how I wouldn't.
gs78 Detroit Tiger
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Subject: Re: 2003 Blackout Anniversary Fri Aug 15, 2008 11:56 am
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I don't know how I wouldn't.
