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Re: Low traffic

From	Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: Low traffic
Date	2025-05-02 19:01 -0300
Organization	Bridgewater Institute for Advanced Study - Blacksmith Shop
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rbowman <bowman@montana.com> writes:

> On Thu, 1 May 2025 21:12:17 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> 
>> City was silent, except for some cars. And very dark when the night
>> came, we could see the stars.
> 
> Except for clouds I'm far enough from the city that I can see stars.

When I first moved to rural Nova Scotia in 1969, my little convoy of
vans and pickups arriver at my new home at 9PM on April 1.  The guy
riding with me climbed down fron the cab, looked up and exclaimed, "Look
at all the stars, Spencer!  Look at all the fuckin stars!"

> When the lights went out and didn't come back for a while I walked
> up a hill where I could see most of the valley for a look. I could
> see lights in one of the outlying villages so I knew it wasn't a
> complete failure.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_1965

That was the year we lived in Boston.  We went up on the roof and
watched the Red Line MTA crew getting people off the Longfellow Bridge
w/ emergency lighting.  The rest of Boston was dark.

> When the lights went out that time my father and I drove to a place that 
> overlooked the Hudson Valley and when we saw all the cities like Troy and 
> Albany were dark we knew it was bad.
> 
> I don't know if was indicative of the changing culture but there was very 
> little looting in NYC in '65. Not so in '77.
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_blackout_of_1977

-- 
Mike Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada

Thread

Low traffic Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-04-28 14:59 +0000
  Re: Low traffic Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2025-04-28 17:33 +0000
    Re: Low traffic "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2025-04-28 20:21 +0100
      Re: Low traffic Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> - 2025-04-28 19:00 -0600
        Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-29 19:18 +0000
          Re: Low traffic Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-04-29 19:24 +0000
            Re: Low traffic John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-04-29 12:58 -0700
              Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 01:39 +0000
                Re: Low traffic John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-04-30 08:49 -0700
                Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 20:09 +0000
            Re: Low traffic "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-04-29 22:41 +0200
            Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 01:36 +0000
              Re: Low traffic Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2025-04-30 09:14 +0000
                Re: Low traffic songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2025-04-30 06:16 -0400
                Re: Low traffic Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2025-04-30 15:06 +0000
              Re: Low traffic scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-04-30 13:25 +0000
                Re: Low traffic Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-04-30 16:21 +0000
                Re: Low traffic scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-04-30 17:25 +0000
                Re: Low traffic Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-05-01 04:45 +0000
              Re: Low traffic Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2025-04-30 20:17 -0700
            Re: Low traffic Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-04-30 03:36 +0000
              Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 19:59 +0000
  Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-28 20:18 +0000
  Re: Low traffic "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-04-28 22:33 +0200
  Re: Low traffic Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2025-04-28 18:17 -0300
    Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-29 20:00 +0200
      Re: Low traffic Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-04-30 03:39 +0000
        Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 20:00 +0000
      Re: Low traffic Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2025-05-01 02:52 -0300
  Re: Low traffic songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2025-04-28 18:01 -0400
    Re: Low traffic Thomas Prufer <prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invalid> - 2025-04-29 08:17 +0200
  Re: Low traffic Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-29 02:33 +0000
  Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-29 20:14 +0200
    Re: Low traffic John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2025-04-29 12:06 -0700
    Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 01:22 +0000
      Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-04-30 08:43 +0200
        Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-04-30 20:28 +0000
          Re: Low traffic Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-05-01 04:45 +0000
          Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-01 21:12 +0200
            Power plant cold start (Re: Low traffic) Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-05-01 20:57 +0000
            Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-02 01:23 +0000
              Re: Low traffic Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2025-05-02 19:01 -0300
                Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-03 05:59 +0000
        Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-01 21:23 +0200
          Re: Low traffic Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-05-01 21:22 +0100
        Re: Low traffic Thomas Prufer <prufer.public@mnet-online.de.invalid> - 2025-05-02 21:02 +0200
      Re: Low traffic Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2025-04-30 09:13 +0000
        Re: Low traffic scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-04-30 13:23 +0000
          Re: Low traffic Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2025-05-01 17:52 +0100
            Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-01 21:13 +0200
      Re: Low traffic Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2025-05-01 03:13 -0300
        Re: Low traffic Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2025-05-01 14:48 +0000
          Re: Low traffic Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-05-01 20:50 +0000
        Re: Low traffic Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2025-05-01 14:52 +0000
        Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-01 21:37 +0200
          Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-02 01:27 +0000
            Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-02 23:10 +0200
              Re: Low traffic rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-05-03 05:47 +0000
                Re: Low traffic "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-03 14:02 +0200
                Re: Low traffic Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-05-05 22:25 +0000
              Re: Low traffic anthk <anthk@openbsd.home> - 2025-05-15 15:12 +0000
        Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) Lars Poulsen <lars@cleo.beagle-ears.com> - 2025-05-01 20:48 +0000
          Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2025-05-05 17:36 +0000
            Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2025-05-05 17:48 +0000
              Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) danny burstein <dannyb@panix.com> - 2025-05-05 17:58 +0000
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) Bob Eager <news0009@eager.cx> - 2025-05-05 20:20 +0000
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-05 22:55 +0200
            Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2025-05-05 18:53 +0000
              Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2025-05-05 23:15 +0000
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2025-05-06 02:10 +0000
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-06 11:35 +0200
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2025-05-06 10:40 +0000
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-06 12:59 +0200
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) David Lesher <wb8foz@panix.com> - 2025-05-06 12:14 +0000
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-05-06 14:27 +0200
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2025-05-06 13:43 +0000
                Re: Cold starting power plants (Re: Low traffic) Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2025-05-06 18:38 +0000
    Re: Low traffic Peter Flass -- Iron Spring Software <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2025-04-30 03:41 +0000

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