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It was 10 years ago today -
http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/2003-Blackout-Anniversary-NYC-Northeast-Ohio-219618231.htmlAbout 50 million people lost power 10 years ago on Aug. 14, 2003, when a tree branch in Ohio started an outage that cascaded across a broad swath from Michigan to New York City and Canada.
Commuters in New York City and elsewhere had to sleep on steps, hitchhike or walk home as trains were rendered powerless and gas pumps stopped working; food spoiled as refrigerators and freezers thawed; jugs of water sold out as supply plants lost their ability to supply consumers; minds were set to wandering about terrorism fears less than two years after 9/11.
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and scary.
I was in Vermont, camping in a tent. Had no idea it was even happening.
