From: grammatim@worldnet.att.net 
  
 danny burstein wrote: 
 > 
 > (followups redirected to nyc.general) 
 > 
 > In <407F350D.78F@worldnet.att.net> "Peter T. Daniels"  writes: 
 > 
 > >No, nothing failed; a decision was made that some part of the city had 
 > >to be turned off, and it was turned off. 
 > 
 > wrong, wrong, wrongitty wrong. it had to be "some part of the city" 
 > **IN THAT DISTRIBUTION AREA**, covered by the failed cables. 
 > 
 > Shutting off, say, Staten Island, would not have helped diddley squat. 
 > 
 > Nor shutting off the upper east side. Nor Mornignside Heights. Nor 
 > Flushing. 
 > 
 > Do you really, really, really, think that Con Ed would choose to cut off 
 > Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center? 
  
 No prob -- they knew they had emergency power. 
  
 And it hasn't been called "Columbia Presbyterian" in years -- Columbia & 
 Cornell merged their teaching hospitals long ago. 
 -- 
 Peter T. Daniels                       grammatim@att.net 
  
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