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About LinkBackshang on a second. Isn't that NK's normal night-time appearance anyway?Originally Posted by 20000miles
Nice try everyone, but North Korea are the Earth Hour champions of 2009:
hang on a second. Isn't that NK's normal night-time appearance anyway?Nice try everyone, but North Korea are the Earth Hour champions of 2009:
The enemy of my enemy is the enemy of my enemy. There are lies, damn lies and Fine Gael confusions. "I don't understand." Alan "it's only 79 punts" Shatter
well was on the way to the pub half way through it and no one seemed to pay a blind bit of notice to it in my area.
TBH i think the whole thing was handled badly as even i only heard about the thing the day before it was due to happen and i fairly OD on news.
looks to me like the aussies and the orientals had a better go of it.
kinda reminds me of "no car day". the way we do these things if you didnt know it was meant to be happening you'd never notice.
Sweetness and light! That was last night at 8:30??
Ah, yes, I didn't turn off my lights. Shame on me.
Oops, I was actually working on something at that time. Hard to do metal work in the dark.
Mind you, only three lights aren't CFL's.
The enemy of my enemy is the enemy of my enemy. There are lies, damn lies and Fine Gael confusions. "I don't understand." Alan "it's only 79 punts" Shatter
This is a better way to do it ! More impact.THE AUSTRALIAN
AN unplanned, involuntary and more chaotic version of Earth Hour was forced upon Sydney's CBD and eastern suburbs yesterday afternoon when blackouts plunged 70,000 houses and businesses into darkness.
Some might even suggest the blackouts were more successful than Sydney's Earth Hour efforts.
While 50 per cent of Sydneysiders are believed to have switched off their lights for one hour on Saturday night, yesterday's blackouts went for 2 1/2 hours and enjoyed a much higher take-up rate in affected areas.
Hitting about 4.45pm, the blackouts extended from Circular Quay, where the Opera House was forced to cancel performances, to Redfern and Chippendale, affecting some buildings more than others with seemingly arbitrary logic.
While some found themselves completely without power others were unaffected.
Eastern suburbs such as Coogee, Dover Heights and Bondi Junction reported power losses, while pockets of Paddington, Rose Bay and Darlinghurst were also affected.
EnergyAustralia yesterday said faults on four major power cables were to blame for the outages.
Had we a lad on here "Rock of Cashel" who has been in darkness for some time !
Lasciate ogne speranza indeed!
We are "they"
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