When Locke switches on the lights, he comments to Ben, "You have electricity?"

I have been operating under the assumption that the Swan Station was generating all the power for the island and that was why Dharma had set up the fail-safe device to keep it running after "the incident."

Since the Swan Station is now destroyed, where's the Barracks electrical power coming from?

And the cool thing is, that it was almost a "throw-away" line. Ben answered with a joke. "There are two giant hamsters running on enormous metal wheels deep within the bowels of my secret underground lair."

So...another power source?

Is it listed in the Dharma Owners Manual that Sayidd found at the Flame Station?

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"Whoa!" she said. "Cry 'Havoc!' And let loose the dogs of war!"
And, like Banquo's ghost, they just won't go away.

My guess and that is all it is would be that there is a generator somewhere on or under the Island..

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Please don't give up, Des. Because all we really need to survive is one person who truly loves us. And you have her. I will wait for
you. Always. I love you, Pen

DESMOND: I love you, Penny. I've always loved you. I'm so sorry. I love you!
PENNY: I love you too.
DESMOND: I don't know where I am, but--
PENNY: I'll find you, Des--
DESMOND: --I promise--
PENNY: --no matter what--
DESMOND: --I'll come back to you--
PENNY: --I won't give up--
BOTH: I promise. I love you.

Has anyone gone to the Pearl station since the Swan blew? Maybe all the hatches are on a separate source. The Flame had power because the light was on in the frig, and the computer was working, so my hatch theory doesn't work. The sonic fence (which we know has a keypad that I would think had to be powered) was "hot" when smokey came after Kate and Juliet. There had to be a power source for the Swan, and one for the Flame (which was outside the sonic fence and still had electricity after the swan explosion) and a power source for Otherville - because it still had power after both the Swan and the Flame were blown up. There must be at least three giant hamster wheels....

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`Dear, dear! How queer everything is to-day! And yesterday things went on just as usual. I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is, Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle!'

-- Alice, from “Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland”

I am pretty sure that they can have all the generators in one area and run cable to the other hatches.. At least that is my understanding of how generators work.. There for the power transformer or panels at each hatch would have been destroyed but the main power source would still be intact.. I would guess that they would keep the generators in the most secure part of the island, maybe under the barracks or under the sonic fence...

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Please don't give up, Des. Because all we really need to survive is one person who truly loves us. And you have her. I will wait for
you. Always. I love you, Pen

DESMOND: I love you, Penny. I've always loved you. I'm so sorry. I love you!
PENNY: I love you too.
DESMOND: I don't know where I am, but--
PENNY: I'll find you, Des--
DESMOND: --I promise--
PENNY: --no matter what--
DESMOND: --I'll come back to you--
PENNY: --I won't give up--
BOTH: I promise. I love you.

I think it has to do with the who they say are going to be appearing in the near future.

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"The Naked Gun!"

Frank Drebin remembers a lost love.

Frank: It's the same old story. Boy finds girl, boy loses girl, girl finds boy, boy forgets girl, boy remembers girl, girls dies in a tragic blimp accident over the Orange Bowl on New Year's Day.

Jane: Goodyear?

Frank: No, the worst.

wasnt there a clip of a mutant or something in one of the previews a ways back? and how do you post a one of those spoiler things

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Cardifkiller - i don't know about a video clip but I do have the background mutant waving character picture that you might be talking about - but right now I am on my laptop. The picture is on my computer at home. When I get home I'll post it for you.

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`Dear, dear! How queer everything is to-day! And yesterday things went on just as usual. I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is, Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle!'

-- Alice, from “Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland”

i thought patches flame ststion was the link,,,,at least before they blew it up!!!

Here's the photo - hahahahaha! Make of it what you will

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`Dear, dear! How queer everything is to-day! And yesterday things went on just as usual. I wonder if I've been changed in the night? Let me think: was I the same when I got up this morning? I almost think I can remember feeling a little different. But if I'm not the same, the next question is, Who in the world am I? Ah, that's the great puzzle!'

-- Alice, from “Alice’s Adventure’s in Wonderland”

ha thanks, I don't think thats it though. I'll try and find out what my brother was talking about. probably just messing with my head.

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