Massive power failure in London!!

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Massive power failure in London!!

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Not much is known at the moment, except that it appears to be a national grid failure, street lights are out and the Tubes are shut down.

Sound familar to anyone?? :shock: :shock:
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Can't be a total national grid failure...

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The UK engineers were predicting this shit a day after the Northeast's blackout. Anyone find the timing extraordinarily conveninet and weird???
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where are you around london? It said it was the clapham area on the bbc... stretching down into kent
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*waves hand*

You saw no double post

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Hmm, I'm surprised no one has blamed this on Bush yet.
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well actually i was mmpphh... *gets dragged off by men in black suits*
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thats one damn odd coincedence.....or is it?
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Ahhh...the tests are almost complete. First the heat ray tested over Paris and now our EMP projector in London. Once we test the rabid gerbil swarms our triumvirate of superweapons will be ready for deployment.
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Sue Gill from EDF Energy said: "It seems that one of the National Grid circuits that feeds south London has failed.
lol, i find this extremely funny for some reason....
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Move the NYC blackout from "natural cause" to "suspicious cause"
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Stravo wrote: Once we test the rabid gerbil swarms our triumvirate of superweapons will be ready for deployment.
RABID? You didn't tell me they were rabid when I said they could stay up there! *runs to bathroom*
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MKSheppard wrote:Move the NYC blackout from "natural cause" to "suspicious cause"

Indeed, two major cities in as many weeks... :shock:
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Frank Hipper wrote:
Stravo wrote: Once we test the rabid gerbil swarms our triumvirate of superweapons will be ready for deployment.
RABID? You didn't tell me they were rabid when I said they could stay up there! *runs to bathroom*
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Stravo wrote:
Frank Hipper wrote:
Stravo wrote: Once we test the rabid gerbil swarms our triumvirate of superweapons will be ready for deployment.
RABID? You didn't tell me they were rabid when I said they could stay up there! *runs to bathroom*
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Frank Hipper is really Mr. Slave!

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Durran Korr wrote:Frank Hipper is really Mr. Slave!

*gasps*
More like 'The Gimp'


OH FUCK ME I HAVE DEGENERATED TO THIS?!?! :x
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Stravo wrote:
Durran Korr wrote:Frank Hipper is really Mr. Slave!

*gasps*
More like 'The Gimp'


OH FUCK ME I HAVE DEGENERATED TO THIS?!?! :x
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That's odd...doesn't the same company who owns the uk national grid own the northeast american grid? I heard that somewhere.

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Im not sure if earls court was affected... (it is at earls court right?)

But i expect it will be fixed by tomorrow... it isn't anywhere near as big as a problem as what happened in the states... luckily
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There was a powercut in my city?
Really?

*shrug* didn't hit me.
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south london was the hardest hit stretching down to ashford... if your on the northern side if the river, chances are you wouldn't have been hit
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Zac Naloen wrote:Im not sure if earls court was affected... (it is at earls court right?)

But i expect it will be fixed by tomorrow... it isn't anywhere near as big as a problem as what happened in the states... luckily
Yeah it's in Earl's Court as far as i know, and i hope it gets fixed soon, has it been on the news yet?

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Zac Naloen wrote:south london was the hardest hit stretching down to ashford... if your on the northern side if the river, chances are you wouldn't have been hit
Oh, well that's not a real blackout.
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