Five Years Ago

[thebitterguy]

The Lights Went Out.

I talked about the original event here and I talked about it the next year here.

Comments

[perich.livejournal.com]

It's rare that you and I would have gone through the same newsworthy event at the same time. Thanks, infrastructure!

[thebitterguy]

That's one of the down sides of being in different countries. Maybe we'll get to share a really bit snowstorm sometime.

[dewline.livejournal.com]

That was a heck of a thing. I was at one of the local comics shops on Bank Street. This one (http://thecomicbookshoppe.com/), in fact. The ride home was somewhat more eventful than being there, of course, and I have to admit that it was strangely restful.

[elizalavelle.livejournal.com]

I was thinking about that today and because it's been so cold there really isn't a chance of the power supply being streched so thin due to excessive use of air conditioners this summer. Perhaps the Earth is correcting our screw ups since most people cannot self correct ;)

[absinthe-dot-ca.livejournal.com]

Wow, has it been five years? I remember that week - started off by prepping to host a "computer camp" (including staying up to 3am to catalog the parts in 6 Lego Mindstorms kits), transitioned into a major virus crisis, and then finished the week with the deafening silence of a powered-down computer facility.

The good thing that came out of it was that vampyrehunterm discovered one of the reasons why gas stoves are much better than electric.

[thebitterguy]

Weren't you in your codernaut costume on the day in question?

[absinthe-dot-ca.livejournal.com]

Actually, no, that was the OTHER auspicious day of the early 21st century, September 11th, 2001. The largest coordinated terrorist attack on North American soil, and I spend the day running around in a powder-blue astronaut outfit.

[ladystarstruck.livejournal.com]

I was in prison. There was a blip and my computer shut down, then power came back on. It wasn't until I left and was driving home, noticing that not a single traffic light was functioning, and then hearing the true extent of things, that I realized it had been the back up generators.

Had a nice evening of barbequing with everyone who cared to come over, and power was restored not much past dark. Didn't get much stargazing out of it, unfortunately.

[doc-mystery.livejournal.com]

Like yourself, I've blogged about this "Black Thursday" anniversary previously.

http://doc-mystery.livejournal.com/162220.html#cutid1

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