blackout

there were some pretty big news this morning when i got into work.

a major blackout hit the northeastern us and canada, stranding people in subways, lifts, airports, hotels....

perhaps some kind of coincidence: my own house had a short power outage around midnight. think the switch for the water heater might have tripped the system.

here's a story about how the media covered the blackout from New York itself. from the New York Times of course

another piece of news somewhat closer to home: JI chief Hambali has been arrested. good news for everyone, i'm sure. of course except the ji members! it's a relief as he was one of the head honchos in that terror group.