One year since the "lights went out"
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Absolutely!
The Great Blackout of 2003, happened on August 14th. A power surge at an Ohio power plant forced a cascade shutdown of the power grid along the eastern seaboard.
It was an interesting night, no lights, no electrical humming, and stars...wow, the night sky was a lot different without that city "glow"
The Great Blackout of 2003, happened on August 14th. A power surge at an Ohio power plant forced a cascade shutdown of the power grid along the eastern seaboard.
It was an interesting night, no lights, no electrical humming, and stars...wow, the night sky was a lot different without that city "glow"
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Originally Posted by Jim W
It was an interesting night, no lights, no electrical humming, and stars...wow, the night sky was a lot different without that city "glow"
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it sucked for me because I was at work in a restaurant and the power shut off and we had to hurry and take care of all the food, seal the walk-in-cooler, etc. Oh, and the alarm started going off and couldn't be shut off because of a malfunction. :( Great fun.. riiight. lol.
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Its a shame that we need a blackout to find that "quality" time :?
I say once a year, we just shut er down for a night....heh, never gonna happen so I'll just wait for the next blackout.
I say once a year, we just shut er down for a night....heh, never gonna happen so I'll just wait for the next blackout.