Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

(21,086 posts)

1. looting in 1...2...3

Mon Oct 29, 2012, 08:56 PM

Oct 2012

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

30 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

NY Blackout? [View all] bigtree Oct 2012 OP

looting in 1...2...3 MichiganVote Oct 2012 #1

Nice. Real nice. Chorophyll Oct 2012 #5

Wow -what a horrible thing to say. myrna minx Oct 2012 #6

ok, we'll see. MichiganVote Oct 2012 #7

You're probably right. Looting only happens in other places. MichiganVote Oct 2012 #9

in the last major NY blackout bigtree Oct 2012 #14

An old friend of mine related this story to me... Ellipsis Oct 2012 #21

Sounds like you've got it figured out. MichiganVote Oct 2012 #22

A LOT of people are joking about looting on Twitter FrodosPet Oct 2012 #28

You are supposed to count down. You can't even stereotype right. morningfog Oct 2012 #12

I am? Ok, 6..4..3..2..um what's next? MichiganVote Oct 2012 #16

You're still doing it wrong. morningfog Oct 2012 #17

So it seems. Who knew I could be so stupid. MichiganVote Oct 2012 #23

We all do now. morningfog Oct 2012 #24

And the world will no doubt be a better place for it. MichiganVote Oct 2012 #25

There was a huge blackout in the 1960s that I remember flamingdem Oct 2012 #13

You're living in a 1970's time warp LiberalElite Oct 2012 #18

ConEd cut the power to Lower Manhattan a few hours ago Ruby the Liberal Oct 2012 #2

Earthcam Shows Times Square All Lit Up cantbeserious Oct 2012 #3

Con Edison took a portion of lower Manhattan offline intentionally. Chorophyll Oct 2012 #4

9:19 PM mia Oct 2012 #15

A BIG area on the right side of the pic is still dark at 11:46 pm FrodosPet Oct 2012 #26

This message was self-deleted by its author cthulu2016 Oct 2012 #20

They de energized large sections of the grid ahead of the flooding nadinbrzezinski Oct 2012 #27