Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In a message dated 8/16/03 11:36:39 AM Pacific Daylight Time, kargue@sympatico.ca writes: > My neighbourhood in St. Catharines, Ontario, 10 miles from the > Niagara Falls generating station never lost power. I watched the news > coverage on TV in central air while surfing the net. My little part of the > city remained with power. The only problems with the coverage was listening > to the Mayor of New York, Governor of New York, and the so called experts > all blaming it on Canada before any investigation. What was worse the next > morning on CNN (chicken noodle news) they interviewed to Canadians in Times > Square who were from Winnipeg. Or as Daryn Kagan said Winnipeg, Ontario. I > hate to tell her but Winnipeg is in Manitoba. Oh well at least the American > lack of knowledge on Canada is consistent. > > Kevin Kevin, it's not Canada's fault. It's the wheeling and dealing among the US producers and distributors of power that actually decentralizes responsibility, so nobody can find the culprits. Ever hear of Enron? Canada is a great country. br - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html