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Originally posted by bsp-mich24
Why is this power outage (W/ the Enron scandal) getting more tv coverage than the outage we had 2 yrs ago in California (basically blown off by Bush) when out state is -5 bigger than most states.
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This is my guess:
Probably because of the fact that it was, what, like 5 states and part of Canada? I mean, I guess you figure maybe one state would go out, but all those and another country? They say about 50 million people were out. That's more than California, right? And of course the NYC aspect where we are so totally dependant on public transportation that we had 8 million people basically milling about on this island trying to get home, and that is something you can put on TV for a "wow" factor, ya know?
Also, and pardon my ignorance on this one, but didn't we kind of know that California would have blackouts? Like, didn't they say they would have to have rolling ones to keep the power supply halfway normal? If that was the case, then I guess this being such a WTF no one knows how or why situation is a bit stranger?
BTW, I'm not saying you Cali should have been blown off at all! I'm just tossing out an idea for why the news coverage and attention might be different in this instance.