Power out across Turkey

[BillsCamino]

Is it Istanbul or Constantinople?

Modern times the city is known as Istanbul.
BTW...half of the city is in Europe...the other portion in Asia. Separated by the Bosporus Strait.

 

[Beerman]

Wild Turkey.

 

[the_great_white]

Modern times the city is known as Istanbul.
BTW...half of the city is in Europe...the other portion in Asia. Separated by the Bosporus Strait.

I see, well after some googling i discovered
Istanbul was Constantinople
But, now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople
and it's been a long time gone, Constantinople
and they say now it's Turkish delight on a moonlit night

I even heard
every gal in Constantinople
lives in Istanbul, not Constantinople
so if you have a date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul

I also learned that
even old New York was once New Amsterdam
and why they changed it I can't say
i guess people just liked it better that way

So i guess if you want to go back to Constantinople
you can't go back to Constantinople
because it's been a long time gone, Constantinople
and why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks....

just sayin.....

 

[Dogwood]

Wow...I was just in Istanbul and Kusadasi/Ephesus last week!!!

Amazing places!!!!

Kind of humbling to stand in the amphitheater where the apostle Paul taught.

 

[RexProcer]

There's jokes to be made here, of course. But let's remember there's really no reason this couldn't happen here. Could you imagine what would happen if terrorists took down the power grid for even a couple weeks? The fact is, any amount of destruction to the power grid could take years to fix. One transformer takes 6 months to build. It would take a decade for the power grid to become fully functional again if it was totally destroyed. It's not outrageous to think about. Just look at New York, New Orleans, etc. Let's hope there's a plan in place somewhere to minimize the damage of something like this, cause it would be catastrophic.

 

[biker_bill]

There's jokes to be made here, of course. But let's remember there's really no reason this couldn't happen here. Could you imagine what would happen if terrorists took down the power grid for even a couple weeks? The fact is, any amount of destruction to the power grid could take years to fix. One transformer takes 6 months to build. It would take a decade for the power grid to become fully functional again if it was totally destroyed. It's not outrageous to think about. Just look at New York, New Orleans, etc. Let's hope there's a plan in place somewhere to minimize the damage of something like this, cause it would be catastrophic.

Shhhhh, don't give them any ideas......

 

[RexProcer]

Shhhhh, don't give them any ideas......

Pretty sure this wasn't an original idea . And by pretty sure, I mean absolutely positive.

 

[biker_bill]

Pretty sure this wasn't an original idea . And by pretty sure, I mean absolutely positive.

I know and I'm almost ok with the power going out and staying out, lol.

 

[toobaroque]

No power... no water. No water, no showers!

I'll bet people are really getting stinky over there.

Oh WAIT... Never mind.

 

[RexProcer]

I know and I'm almost ok with the power going out and staying out, lol.

In a couple years when I have my preps in place, me too!