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22 Years Ago Today |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Thu Aug 14 22:06:46 2025 August 14, 2003 - NYC experienced its third major blackout, joining the 1965 and 1977 Blackouts. |
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Posted by TRAIN DUDE on Thu Aug 14 22:22:39 2025, in response to 22 Years Ago Today, posted by Mitch45 on Thu Aug 14 22:06:46 2025. Remember it well. Around 4 pm we list all signals on the D line. I was at Bedford Park heading home. |
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Posted by Easy on Fri Aug 15 00:29:48 2025, in response to 22 Years Ago Today, posted by Mitch45 on Thu Aug 14 22:06:46 2025. NYC along with about 50 million others in the US and Canada. |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Fri Aug 15 09:53:57 2025, in response to Re: 22 Years Ago Today, posted by Easy on Fri Aug 15 00:29:48 2025. Yes |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Aug 15 23:28:12 2025, in response to 22 Years Ago Today, posted by Mitch45 on Thu Aug 14 22:06:46 2025. We should have one every few years to keep folks on their toes.I got my light back on fairly quickly and stayed up most of the night watching the news with the a/c on full blast. The next day I watched a pbs fundraiser featuring a performance of Bobby Darin in 1973. Good times. |
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Posted by LuchAAA on Sat Aug 16 00:57:35 2025, in response to Re: 22 Years Ago Today, posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Aug 15 23:28:12 2025. LOL! |
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Posted by Olog-hai on Sat Aug 16 01:13:31 2025, in response to Re: 22 Years Ago Today, posted by Catfish 44 on Fri Aug 15 23:28:12 2025. That's why backup generators were invented.IINM, before electric grids, it was envisioned that each house would indeed have its own permanent generator. |
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Posted by Catfish 44 on Sat Aug 16 10:03:04 2025, in response to Re: 22 Years Ago Today, posted by LuchAAA on Sat Aug 16 00:57:35 2025. I’m glad I was able to get you to smile. |
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Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Sat Aug 16 17:40:58 2025, in response to 22 Years Ago Today, posted by Mitch45 on Thu Aug 14 22:06:46 2025. I too have vivid memories of that blackout. I was headed for my moms apartment at 59-11 Queens Blvd (just getting of a Flushing bound #7) and came across the intersection of Queens Blvd & 58th St. With dark traffic lights, that intersection was complete gridlock w/horns blaring accompanied by yelling and screaming. What a mess indeed! |
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