Arrgh!

You just cannot imagine how much spinning an emergency like this creates. Of course, the most angering thing is the thing I usually avoid: the media coverage. From legitimate (sorta) media like the networks to the local a-holes on AM talk radio, everybody’s got an opinion, without any basis in fact or reality, as to what should have been done and what needs to be done. So, here: I know more than the average person about how the electrical distribution system works. I know enough to know that there is nothing like enough information to make even an uninformed opinion about how the blackout could have been avoided and what should be done for the future. But we have bozos out there calling for more power plants (the issue wasn’t the amount of plants — they were all working), bozos blaming a fire at a plant in NYC (which never happened – there was smoke when it shut down), bozos wondering why there aren’t more ferries available (I don’t know, maybe people don’t spend millions of dollars on boats to leave them lying around). You know what? If you don’t know, just shut up.