Power outage in NY city and state.

[Ron Van Putte]

Bill Glaze wrote:

> In the same vein, I look at the water towers around here, (Greensboro, 
> NC) and consider just what would happen if we lost power for long.  
> While there's water in the towers, it sure doesn't get up there by 
> magic.  And, while I've got a well, the pump works on electricity.  
> I've been thinking about a standby generator to at least power some of 
> the house for essentials.
> Think about trying to buy gas to get out of town; no electricity to 
> pump it.
> We've sure become a technological society. 

And the credit card machines wouldn't work.  And, since nobody carries 
cash anymore, they'd all head for the ATMs, but they wouldn't work 
either.  It reminded me of the day one of the satellites which support 
cell phones went on the blink and half the cell phones wouldn't work.  I 
imagine there were still some bozos driving around with dead cell phones 
held to their ears.

Ron Van Putte


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