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« on: Aug 15^th, 2003, 6:09am »

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Wondering how many got affected by it and if everyone is okay? I would guess that Addams did get affected Huh

I am keeping all of you in my thoughts and prayers as I can't imagine living in a big city that loses power.

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« Reply #1 on: Aug 15^th, 2003, 8:18am »

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I've been wondering about the Addams family too. We aren't getting much news about the outage in Canada, if anyone has any info on the situation there, please post it.

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« Reply #2 on: Aug 15^th, 2003, 8:30am »

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I believe MZ is also in Canada

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« Reply #3 on: Aug 15^th, 2003, 9:10am »

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I'm fine here in Winnipeg - thanks for asking. We have the thread on this subject IN THE NEWS.

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« Reply #4 on: Aug 15^th, 2003, 9:12am »

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from Yahoo news..I know this is news but since we are worried about the Addams Family...

Canada Wakes Up as Power Slowly Restored
1 hour, 25 minutes ago

By Patrick White

MONTREAL (Reuters) - Canada woke up on Friday morning as power was slowly being restored across Ontario and airline flights resumed in many parts of the country after one of the biggest blackouts in North American history.

But a state of emergency continued in Ontario where Premier Ernie Eves urged people to remain at home and save energy and asked them not to drive to conserve fuel. Businesses were also asked not to operate.
Canada's most populous province said it was generating only a fraction of the power it needs under normal circumstances.

For several hours, one in three Canadians had no electricity on Thursday as the blackout cut power to some 10 million people after the severe outage.

"Power is coming up in little bits," said a spokesman at the Ministry of Ontario Public Safety and Security. In the Canadian capital of Ottawa, the public utility said half of the city households had power early on Friday morning.

"Expectations are the power will be coming on throughout the day," the ministry spokesman told Reuters. "You can't have it all (come on) at the same time."

Bob Runciman, Ontario minister of Public Safety and Security, said the electricity system was still fragile.

"If we all continue to use electricity the way we would normally, the system is at risk of failing and causing more blackouts," Runciman said in a statement.

In Toronto, Canada's largest city, traffic was light and power was sporadic but the downtown area looked good, early morning travelers said.

The Toronto Transit Commission said it will operate a limited service until further notice. No subway or street car service will operate in Toronto, but buses were expected to run with some delays.

Case Ootes, deputy mayor of Toronto, said: "What we're most concerned about is to ensure that once the power is up that it stays up, that we don't get have recurring blackouts or brownouts."

Air Canada, the country's largest airline, said it resumed operations to and from Toronto, Ottawa and cities in the northeastern United States.

"While customers should expect flight delays and some cancellations throughout the airline's network as operations resume following the electrical outage, Air Canada expects to return to a full operating schedule by the end of the day," the Montreal-based company said.

Television showed long lineups of passengers waiting in at Montreal's Dorval Airport.

Via Rail, Canada's main rail passenger service, said trains will run on Friday in the key Windsor, Ontario-Quebec City corridor, as power returns to many locations.

On the business front, the Toronto Stock Exchange said it will open on time and for business as usual on Friday morning, despite the widespread power outage.

It has said no data from Thursday's session was lost due to the outage.

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« Reply #5 on: Aug 15^th, 2003, 9:13am »

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I'm fine here in Winnipeg - thanks for asking. We have the thread on this subject IN THE NEWS.

I'm sure there is..but since this thread was in worrying bout our members..IT belonged in the grapevine....

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Glad you ok MZ Kiss

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« Reply #7 on: Aug 15^th, 2003, 9:34am »

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Wings, I was sure you weren't in the area without power.....................I would have been worried about you too, if I thought for a minute you were "in the dark". :hug:

Dar, thanks for posting the Yahoo news story.

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« Reply #8 on: Aug 15^th, 2003, 9:52am »

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Back atcha y'all! :hug:

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« Reply #9 on: Aug 15^th, 2003, 11:24am »

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Because the patent office is in Quebec and there is power there - all due dates in the patent office must be met today. This is insane if there's no electricity where I am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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« Reply #10 on: Aug 15^th, 2003, 11:28am »

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What a relief to see you here Addams. I have to ask, if you have no power, how are you posting? Wink

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« Reply #11 on: Aug 15^th, 2003, 11:28am »

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My husband had to argue with security at his building because his has no electrricity and they would not let him up.

We are legally liable for every due date in our docketing system every day. If the patent office treats this as a valid filing day for lawyers and patent and trade0mark agents in Ontario then we MUST find a way to file documents there EVEN THOUGH the local filing office is CLOSED AND the post offices are CLOSED. So how is that humanly possible. Am I supposed to driveto Quebec. I will have to use a Vancouver firm and pray for electricity to send the facsimile or emails.

I also can file some due dates by facsimile. Of course I am supposed to be on vacation next week and we were going to file some documents today but I have no staff here to help because of the declared state of emergency.

In the end so long as everyone is safe - it is all that matters. Being business owner in the midst of these has been a good leadership challenge for me.

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« Reply #12 on: Aug 15^th, 2003, 11:52am »

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Oh, yikes....I'm glad everyone is safe, but what a nightmare! You'd think they'd be more reasonable about it once a state of emergency has been declared. I'm sorry you have to go through all this hassle. :hug:

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« Reply #13 on: Aug 15^th, 2003, 11:56am »

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Omg Cym...I'm so sorry...I will think nothing but positive thoughts and pray that you are able to meet all these deadlines..sometimes things just don't seem very fair that is for sure. :hug:

my friend

I am just so relieved you are okay....

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« Reply #14 on: Aug 15^th, 2003, 12:04pm »

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Hey Lass - you ask the best questions!

You should see that my husband is exactly a 10 minute walk from here with out power. I am in a little cell that has power miraculously.

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