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(Some Guy)   Power blackout hits Phoenix during 110-degree weather. Had this been in New York, you would already be tired of hearing about it   (ktar.com) divider line
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Man On A Mission [TotalFark]
2007-06-29 2:58:42 PM  
How New Yorkers see the rest of the country:

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Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2007-06-29 3:00:36 PM  
Oh no. Dozens of people will die! Everyone's gonna stink!

Oh wait--this is Arizona, not France. Never mind.
 
wee
2007-06-29 3:20:23 PM  
MyNameIsNotMervGriffin: Oh wait--this is Arizona, not France. Never mind.

Actually, a power outage in Phoenix in the summer is a lot like a heating oil shortage in Chicago in the winter: old folks, sick people, homeless, etc are in danger of dying from the heat. A few folks die every year as it is. When the A/C runs out, the number goes up.

So it's a little more serious than "people will get sweaty".

However, if it was happening in New York, we'd have heard about it mostly because there are more people in NY than PHX. More national news agencies, too. So that makes sense.
 
wee
2007-06-29 3:21:38 PM  
Oh, forgot to add: A 30 minute outage isn't all that dangerous.
 
maudibjr
2007-06-29 3:25:53 PM  
This is why you don't live in a desert, collective dumbasses.
 
NikolaiFarkoff [TotalFark]
2007-06-29 3:33:05 PM  
Phoenix is a decent place, but every single thing about the area screams "God/Allah/fate did NOT want many humans to live here"

I mean, the natives were hardcore, but not millions of retirees. Pretty tenuous existence...3-days without power and the deaths would be in the tens of thousands.
 
onecanshort
2007-06-29 3:39:00 PM  
Nice try, but New York can't hear you over the sound of how awesome it is.
 
KipperM
2007-06-29 3:39:59 PM  
Time to steal some copper?
 
Detroit_Bob
2007-06-29 3:40:39 PM  
KipperM: Time to steal some copper?

What the hell are you going to do with a stolen police officer?
 
panos
2007-06-29 3:41:22 PM  
/amazed the New Yorker is aware Kansas City
//full of macaronis
///ugh
 
mmagdalene
2007-06-29 3:41:52 PM  
I hope no one jumps off London Bridge.
 
litespeed74
2007-06-29 3:41:59 PM  
But it's a DRY heat.
 
miss_enthropic_biatch
2007-06-29 3:42:37 PM  
I hope no one jumps off London Bridge.

Not likely, that's in lake havasu not phoenix.

*the more you knowwwwwwwwwwwwww*
 
idrow
2007-06-29 3:42:50 PM  
Power was out in NY 2 days ago for 48 minutes and they ran it on the news for 2 hours. They were still talking about it on yesterday's news, too. Looks like Con Ed is going for the FAIL again this year.
 
lotus
2007-06-29 3:43:14 PM  
maudibjr: This is why you don't live in a desert, collective dumbasses.

FTW
 
nobozo
2007-06-29 3:43:18 PM  
Detroit_Bob
What the hell are you going to do with a stolen police officer?

Fuzz(y) logic?
 
RabidCanary
2007-06-29 3:43:25 PM  
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Downtown Phoenix.
 
lolmao666
2007-06-29 3:43:26 PM  
Just asking... Do people have basements in Phoenix?
 
HunterNIU
2007-06-29 3:43:33 PM  
we had a blackout two weeks ago that lasted over 11 hours. /suck
 
mmagdalene
2007-06-29 3:43:35 PM  
Zoners are all the same to me.
 
milo_rules
2007-06-29 3:43:51 PM  
OK, can we finally start building nuclear power plants again? Please?
 
lordjohnson
2007-06-29 3:43:56 PM  
It's not the Heat! It's the Humidity!
 
kinuman
2007-06-29 3:44:11 PM  
The Sun is there.
 
hugram [TotalFark]
2007-06-29 3:44:11 PM  
He turned off the lights for Phoenix

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sje1978
2007-06-29 3:44:21 PM  
Hey Subby... as quoted from the Article

A computer glitch is being blamed for a power outage Thursday morning that affected between 80,000 and 100,000 Salt River Project customers in the Valley.

Wow, cause 80,000 is alot like 10,000,000

/And a whole 1/2 hour. wow, what did the rednecks and old people in Phoenix do for the interminable amount of time?
//Doosh!
 
Gamer Grrrl
2007-06-29 3:44:42 PM  
onecanshort: Nice try, but New York can't hear you over the sound of how awesome it is.

WINNAR!

/I LOLed
 
LoHung_Dong
2007-06-29 3:44:45 PM  
Arizona - quickly becoming the new Florida.

/FL resident
//wife's dying to move to AZ
///Any suggestions?
////Suicide?
 
bugmn99
2007-06-29 3:44:47 PM  
Yes, but how will this affect Slurpee consumption???
 
finaboy
2007-06-29 3:44:48 PM  
SRP has a system in place if it's unable to meet the needs of its customers, it will begin to shed load.

Huhuh... huhuhuhuh.... yeah... shed load.
 
klatubaradanikto
2007-06-29 3:44:59 PM  
How will all the Phoenixians get home without their massive underground electric mass transit system?
 
LessO2
2007-06-29 3:45:18 PM  
But it's not 110 in New York.

Nor is New York in the middle of a farking desert.
 
Man On A Mission [TotalFark]
2007-06-29 3:45:50 PM  
It's easy to spot the people in this thread who have read Drew's book and those who have not.
 
TheJoe03
2007-06-29 3:45:57 PM  
Yeah why are NYers more aware of Utah and KC than of SF or Houston.
 
starlost
2007-06-29 3:46:08 PM  
its not the heat its the humidity
i'm in sc and i refuse to use the a.c.. its 90 in my apartment now and yet there is condensation on the window. all the window sills are rotting and moldy from the dampness.
 
Mr. Anon
2007-06-29 3:46:20 PM  
It's called a culling the heard, and it should happen every few weeks in florida/arizona.
 
F42
2007-06-29 3:46:47 PM  
Dear Phoenix,

Don't settle in the desert.

Love,
Common Sense
 
thenateman
2007-06-29 3:48:30 PM  
I'm in Phoenix and I have power, so I'm getting quite a... Screw it, I'm going to the pool.

/Not pasty white like those hideous New Yorkers.
 
susler
2007-06-29 3:48:40 PM  
We had a 2 hour blackout in a ritzy neighborhood in NYC earlier this week.

I saw a single posting on Fark.

Are you tired of hearing about it already?

//didn't bother reading the comments
///too predictable
 
Rapmaster2000 [TotalFark]
2007-06-29 3:48:43 PM  
TheJoe03
Yeah why are NYers more aware of Utah and KC than of SF or Houston.

I assume they would know of Utah because of the skiing. You assume SF would be on there as well. Unless you're going for business, there's no reason to go to Houston or KC. Actually, there's no good reason to go to most cities.
 
pwhp_67
2007-06-29 3:49:25 PM  
maudibjr: This is why you don't live in a desert, collective dumbasses.


Right. But it's okay to live in Maine in the winter, or Chicago, or Michigan...


Dumbass.
 
Sensei Can You See [TotalFark]
2007-06-29 3:49:25 PM  
Mr. Anon: It's called a culling the heard, and it should happen every few weeks in florida/arizona.

"A culling the heard"? What does hearing have to do with it?
 
takesdeepbreathkickspuppy
2007-06-29 3:49:25 PM  
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New York what?
 
quadrophrenic
2007-06-29 3:49:37 PM  
Heh, so all the Arizonans out there should settle, what, the Great Plains? Let's leave Arizona a completely empty state, devoid of human settlement.
 
sje1978
2007-06-29 3:49:44 PM  
LessO2: Nor is New York in the middle of a farking desert.

Reminds me of Sam Kinison....


"LIVE WHERE THE FOOD IS! YOU LIVE IN A DESERT! YOU LIVE IN A FARKING DESERT! NOTHING GROWS OUT HERE! NOTHING'S GONNA GROW OUT HERE! YOU SEE THIS? HUH? THIS IS SAND. KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA BE A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW? IT'S GONNA BE SAND! YOU LIVE IN A FARKING DESERT! GET YOUR STUFF, GET YOUR SHIAT, WE'LL MAKE ONE TRIP, WE'LL TAKE YOU TO WHERE THE FOOD IS! WE HAVE DESERTS IN AMERICA -- WE JUST DON'T LIVE IN THEM, ASSH01ES!"
 
Colonel_Debugger
2007-06-29 3:50:00 PM  
wee: Actually, a power outage in Phoenix in the summer is a lot like a heating oil shortage in Chicago in the winter: old folks, sick people, homeless, etc are in danger of dying from the heat.

Ummm, how are the homeless going to be affected if there's no electricity and/or a/c? Wouldn't being homeless already kinda sorta mean you ain't got no?
 
Architectronica
2007-06-29 3:50:12 PM  
It should be illegal to have that many people live in the desert.
 
evilpup
2007-06-29 3:50:17 PM  
litespeed74
This dry heat practically friggen embalms you
 
WayneKerr
2007-06-29 3:50:21 PM  
Relax, they've all been trained to drink cactus juice. The tweekers will go harvest it for 'em.
 
Savage Belief
2007-06-29 3:50:27 PM  
Hey Phoenix people!

When did 92.3 become a new station?

When I left all they played was gangsta rap.
 
firefly212
2007-06-29 3:50:33 PM  
Oh noes, we built our city in the middle of the desert, not expecting it to get hot... we r so much better than those self-centered New Yorkers... hay, you gots some ice to send us New York idiots? We're dying here.
 
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