LA Suffers Blackout; Where Was Bush??

Yesterday a large portion of Los Angeles suffered a blackout for about 90 minutes:

The power outage that affected more than 2 million people in and around Los Angeles on Monday was triggered by an unlikely source: A utility crew installing a system upgrade.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power workers cut several cables incorrectly, slicing the thin wires as a group, rather than one at a time, said Ed Miller, director of Power System Operations and Maintenance for the department. That triggered a short and tripped circuit breakers.

The surge in electricity to the remaining lines overloaded the system and caused a shutdown at the power receiving station where the DWP employees were working. The station converts high voltage power from area generating stations to low voltage power used by businesses and residents.

The systemwide alert prompted two generating stations and other receiving stations to shut down as well. As a result, the department began "shedding" customers, cutting power to people across the city to stabilize lines.

Where was President Bush? Why wasn't he here to console us? Did he fail to respond because it was a "blackout"? If we'd had a whiteout would he have come? Is he prejudiced against people of tan?

How are we to keep our iPods charged if the president doesn't care?