Fool, it's hot! Damn hot!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

How many of you bitching about power outages were all for shutting down Indian Point Nuclear Plant 4 months ago?

The problem is not available power, but the distribution grid in the city. Even unlimited power wouldn't do any good if transformers, cables, substations and other infrastructure in the city fail. Stop embarrassing yourself with your ignorance.

You don't know what the fuck you're talking about.    Yes, the grid has something to do with power outages, but NYC power outages are based on supply - not the grid.  As a former grid employee of Surry, VA, I think I know what I'm talking about. 

If you read the story, it's all about Con Ed, isn't it? Con Ed doesn't generate power anymore. They just distribute it. If it was all about supply, why would there be scattered outages? Each outage represents an equipment failure. Notice Con Ed's website said, "Con Edison has reduced voltage to five neighborhoods in Queens and Brooklyn due to problems on electrical equipment serving those areas." Likewise Manhattan and Staten Island. That doesn't sound like a shortage of power to me. Read the later story on Gothamist last night, which said, "Meanwhile, a spokesman, Chris Olert, for Con Ed says that the issue at hand is equipment failures, not lack of supply." Please cite even one source that says NYC is running out of electricity.

NYC power problems have always been caused by the grid, local and otherwise. In the 1977 blackout, it was overloaded feeders from Long Island and New Jersey that cut off the city from all power. In the 2003 blackout, Indian Point didn't make any difference, because it went offline when the grid became unstable, just like all the other nuclear plants on the northeast grid.

Surry is very different from NYC. You completely trust the nuclear plant in Surry. We get it. Sorry, not all of us do around these parts. And we have to rely on utility infrastructure that's at least decades old and extremely hard to maintain because it's all crammed under some of the densest, busiest streets on Earth.

You are a complete idiot.  Nuclear power is one of the safest forms of energy in the United States.  Everyone freaks out because they see stuff from Hollywood , but how many people have died from nuclear power accidents in the US? NONE. 

You also don't understand  the ConEd problem. If the grid was 100% the problem, then these outages would happen on non-peak days.  They don't. 

Do you work for a power station? I didn't think so, so shut the fuck up.

The grid doesn't get as strained on non-peak days. You don't think extreme heat and extreme load might actually affect distribution equipment? You might as well say there's no sag on high tension lines during high temperatures. It must all be because of the limited supply.

So you used to climb utility poles and that makes you an expert on all things electric? You can always tell when someone can't win an argument by the way they resort to profanity so readily.

Luckily I keep my apartment at 58, no heat stroke worries here.

I left mine on for my cats ... because coming home to furry corpses seems like not a fun option. But I do have the a/c set fairly low ... and set to energy saver ... . I think the amount of energy is pretty small compared to things like, the a/c output in Macy's ... or the amount of electricity every starbuck's uses to function ...  your window-a/c is not going to make or break the problem.  As much as it's great to be responsible with regard to electricity usage, I don't think the cat is worth sacrificing.

It all adds up when millions of people are involved. Imagine just 1 million window air conditioners running. AC units each gobble more than a kilowatt when the compressor is running, and those are the little ones, with 5000-7000 BTU capacity. That's 1 million kilowatts, or 1,000 megawatts, a significant portion of the 13,000 megawatts noted above. It's a safe bet that there are more than 1 million window AC units in the city.

There's no need to keep a room at 75º for cats. They're safe from heat stroke until at least 90º and probably a bit higher. Remember their ancestors and distant relatives evolved to live in Africa, where summer can be longer and hotter than here. Keeping the AC in the low 80s while you're at work wouldn't "sacrifice" your cat, especially if you keep them in a single room with air conditioning.

I'm waiting for my frosty fan pack to come in the mail lol

"So, with power in scarce supply, the city is urging New Yorkers to try and use as extraneous power as possible."

Hey Garth,

You might want to fix that sentence.

Heh. Fixed. Thanks.

You all need to relax.  Like my dog - he's out in the car sleeping like a rock. 

Just remember to keep the windows rolled up lest the cool air get out.

Newark hit 108. Central Park 104.

http://www.weather.com/outlook...

I have my blinds shut and my AC on full blast and it's 85 degrees in my apartment. I refuse to turn the AC down, I have a newborn. I did unplug a bunch of unnecessary stuff that was probably sucking power. I don't know what I'm going to do if the power goes out. I guess I'll have to go to one of those cooling centers.

Do you have more than one room?  Maybe confine the a/c to one room and keep the baby in there.  The a/c will be more effective and you'll draw less power trying to cool the entire apartment.

Ha, nevermind, the cooling centers are all closed already. So much for that.

Or ride the 6 train.  It's freezing in there.