Post by: RHPConsult on August 19, 2003, 06:36:23 PM
Post by: RobW on August 19, 2003, 08:03:04 PM
Post by: kelly on August 19, 2003, 08:12:35 PM
Post by: Bernie on August 19, 2003, 08:29:05 PM
Post by: MrsLop on August 19, 2003, 08:35:55 PM
Thanks. It brought to mind the last great Blackout of the 1960's. At that time Rhode Island was also effected.
What a great overview.
Myrna
Post by: JohnKentucky on August 19, 2003, 08:47:16 PM
That's totally fake. My area wasn't blacked out, but the Photoshopper thinks so. Plus look how the lights next to the blackout are sharper than the rest. And the land in that area is black, when all other dark areas are dark blue.
Yeah, open it in Photoshop and check the colors and that "blackout" area is the darkest area in the photo. Especially apparent if you flatten the curves out:
Post by: JohnKentucky on August 19, 2003, 09:00:11 PM
before
after
Post by: giantmike on August 19, 2003, 09:00:29 PM
I'm sure there must be a real sattelite photo somewhere, and that would be something to behold.
Post by: krissel on August 19, 2003, 10:06:42 PM
Not only is the area darker than other unlit land areas but NJ and PA are totally gone. I know for sure that we (central NJ) had power as well as eastern PA. In fact that is where the grid shutdown was stopped or the entire East Coast southward would have gone out, too.
Our local paper had the before and after pics printed on its front page a couple days ago and you could see the difference. However 20 hours before the blackout was 8:15 PM and 7 hours after was 11:15 PM so there would have been fewer lights on anyway as people (well, not me) go to bed. Although I even question the 8:15 time for the first pic cause it is still somewhat light out at that time (especially to the west) and not nearly as dark as the photo makes it seem.
Post by: Diana on August 19, 2003, 10:17:28 PM
There doesn't seem to be an ISAT Geostar 45 and searching for it wasted a bunch of my time. I did get a bunch of really cool bookmarks for my collection though.
I did find a copy of the image that was used in the fake though. It's for sale..(the northern hemisphere portion) at this site
see ya,
Post by: RHPConsult on August 19, 2003, 11:41:54 PM
Shucks . . .I bit, chewed and swallowed this whole . . . in seconds!
There's probably a lesson in there . . . somewhere
Some hoaxes, you must admit, are better than other hoaxes!
Post by: jb on August 20, 2003, 01:45:04 AM
jb
Post by: kelly on August 20, 2003, 08:17:13 AM
Post by: Gregg on August 20, 2003, 08:20:24 AM
Post by: RobW on August 20, 2003, 09:31:10 AM
Even so, IAWK&G. To quote the late, great baseball Hall of Fame player (and Phillies broadcaster) Richie Ashburn, "Never let the truth get in the way of a good story." 
Post by: Mrious_be on August 20, 2003, 11:57:05 AM
Post by: Peter on August 20, 2003, 06:11:15 PM
QUOTE(jb @ Aug 20 2003, 6:45 AM)
Here are JohnKentucky's Before and After pictures.
jb
jb
They had those in the Special dition Time I got yeaterday- also according to ABC News at 6:00 PM the USA has the following other pieces of it infrastructure in need of repair
3.9 million miles of roads
168,000 miles of electrical lines
700,000 miles of water lines
Several Hundred Thousand miles of gas lines
Most of the nations railroad switching yards are from the 1870s
Not good
Peace
Peter
Post by: Highmac on August 21, 2003, 12:20:02 AM
John Can you give me Saturday's UK Lotto numbers...?
