Power outages hit across parts of Los Angeles

[Voegelin]

Mon Sep 12, 2005 4:07 PM ET
LOS ANGELES, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Scattered power outages were reported across Los Angeles on Monday as utilities officials scrambled to determine the cause . . .outages were reported in downtown Los Angeles, Koreatown and in the San Fernando Valley . . .

http://today.reuters.com/investing/..._01_N12163081_RTRIDST_0_ENERGY-LOSANGELES.XML

 

[MethodMan]

It's Bush's Fault!

 

[Voegelin]

It is. Power has been out over an hour. Where are the Federal troops?

 

[SUNSTONE]

Impeach Bush!!!! He should have been on top of this!

 

[Ozymandius]

It is. Power has been out over an hour. Where are the Federal troops?

I was waiting for the part where you get to the liberal plot. Took you one post longer than usual Voeg!

 

[SUNSTONE]

Bush is planning an attack on L.A.!!
It's obvious...electric out.......attack, SEE!!!
You read it here first!

 

[simplicity]

Wow, power down for an entire hour. The Mennonites are just laughing.

 

[Autumnleaf]

It might have something to do with racism too! That darn President Bush.

 

[SUNSTONE]

It might have something to do with racism too! That darn President Bush.

Exactly!!!!
We all know that Bush does not care about California.
First it was NY, and now California!

 

[Voegelin]

I was waiting for the part where you get to the liberal plot. Took you one post longer than usual Voeg!

We are joking about it because it won't be long before a long faced reporter or reporterette on CNN is blaming this on Bush and Republicans.

If this lasts long enough to cause problems, I would bet you anything CNN and the networks will do as I anticipate. And they won't mention liberals blocking or making it very difficult to constructe new power plants in the state. They will also blame the governor and give the Democrat run state legislature (where the real power is) a pass.

 

[Voegelin]

It might have something to do with racism too! That darn President Bush.

Heard Brentwood and Beverly Hills are out too. Bush doesn't just hate poor blacks. He hates Spike Lee, black recording artists and black movie stars too.

But then he's Republican. Whadda ya expect?

As for me, I am going to see if the networks will let me and my friends sing on TV so we can feel good about ourselves, tell everyone how wonderful we are, bash Bush and raise money for (after our expenses of course) the suffering people in Malibu and Topanga Canyon.

 

[Ampoliros]

We are joking about it because it won't be long before a long faced reporter or reporterette on CNN is blaming this on Bush and Republicans.

Why? I don't demand that the President of the United States be able to command natural forces or events that are beyond his control (such as some guy digging and hitting the power lines, or perhaps the random Category 5 hurricane). I do demand, however, that his selected emergency response officials and agencies be able to handle such disasters; thats what they're there for. </offtopic>

Anyway, Fox is saying that someone accidentally split a cable and the grid was shut down as a precaution. Everything should be back to normal.

 

[simplicity]

The president made a conscious decision, according to your media, to direct resources to Iraq rather than upgrade infrastructure including the electrical grid. Some of those transformers were around when Marsha Brady got hit by basketball that made her nose swell up. But Clinton did a fair amount of ignoring himself during the some of the strongest economic years of the United States. People always respond to problems after the fact. It really bugs me.

 

[Oblivious]

It's Bush's Fault!

Wow - first response too! I was going to post that too.

 

[Oblivious]

Anyway, I heard a powerline was cut or something to that effect.

 

[SH89]

But then he's Republican. Whadda ya expect?

As for me, I am going to see if the networks will let me and my friends sing on TV so we can feel good about ourselves, tell everyone how wonderful we are, bash Bush and raise money for (after our expenses of course) the suffering people in Malibu and Topanga Canyon.

i live in Woodland hills which is RIGHT NEXT to Calabasas, Malibu, and Topanga Canyon. We obviously have power right now...how else could i be typing this message then?

I am a witness to the power outage and i feel that this is Bush's fault.

 

[Chosen One]

This just goes to show how the liberal the media is. Gay loving, liberal Hollywood loses power for a few hours and it is all over CNN.

I gaurantee you that if God loving Birmingham Alabama lost power for a week- it might make the third page of the NYT.

 

[Voegelin]

I do demand, however, that his selected emergency response officials and agencies be able to handle such disasters; thats what they're there for.

And they were. The first responders, who took tens of millions from the Federal government to be prepared, were not. All the rhetoric, all the blaming of Bush is done to cover up the fact that Nagin and Blanco did not follow their own emergency plan--a plan which had been worked out for years with the Federal government.

I don't know why Democrats are trying to make this into a party thing. I live in a Democrat county in Florida. Top notch hurricane protection here. And we've needed it as we got hit by a CAT 2 and a CAT 3 last year. FEMA and the Feds came in several days after the storm according to plan. The local cops, the local EMTs and county workers did a terrific job. Jeb Bush helped but I give most of the credit to local Democrat officials for preventing damage from being worse than it could have been and restoring the community after the storm.

Democrats can't have it both ways. When the plan works, as it does in my Democrat majority county (and we do have some poor areas here, that is no excuse) they can't take the credit they deserve but then when things fall apart blame the Federal governerment and Bush (we all know if Clinton were President, he would not be blamed by the media for the failures in NOLA...in that case the locals would have taken the hit--as it should be)

 

[freealaska]

This just goes to show how the liberal the media is. Gay loving, liberal Hollywood loses power for a few hours and it is all over CNN.

I gaurantee you that if God loving Birmingham Alabama lost power for a week- it might make the third page of the NYT.

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[Autumnleaf]

The president made a conscious decision, according to your media, to direct resources to Iraq rather than upgrade infrastructure including the electrical grid. Some of those transformers were around when Marsha Brady got hit by basketball that made her nose swell up. But Clinton did a fair amount of ignoring himself during the some of the strongest economic years of the United States. People always respond to problems after the fact. It really bugs me.

Right on! Since this power outage happened because some knuckle heads connected the wrong wires I say Bush should have diverted all the resources from Iraq to remedial training for these power company workers in order to avert this catastrophy here at home.