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Kathianne
12-27-2008, 03:05 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081227/ap_on_re_us/hawaii_power


Hawaii island of Oahu without power

By DAVID BRISCOE, Associated Press Writer
17 mins ago

HONOLULU – The island of Oahu lost power late Friday in the midst of heavy rain and lightning, leaving some 800,000 residents and thousands of tourists in the dark, as well as the neighborhood where President-elect Barack Obama is vacationing.

Residents were being advised by the power company and civil authorities to get to their homes and store water. Several radio stations were broadcasting emergency information.

Outgoing flights were grounded at Honolulu International Airport. A spokesman for the state Department of Transportation said airport generators were being restored so flights could resume.

Peter Rosegg, a spokesman for Hawaiian Electric Light, said the initial power hit at 6:45 p.m., knocking out electricity to most of the island. The rest of Oahu lost power two hours later as a second generator failed...

PostmodernProphet
12-27-2008, 07:05 AM
??....why strange.....people lose power during storms all the time.....

Kathianne
12-27-2008, 07:53 AM
??....why strange.....people lose power during storms all the time.....

I don't know how often the whole island does, seems the local stations didn't act like it was par for the course?

Yurt
12-27-2008, 11:50 AM
it is unusual for the whole island...i am curious if the base lost power...the "one" was there when it happened, it could be he won a sword battle and eliminated another immortal... :laugh2:

...there can be......only one

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