The '65 blackout was the only mega-blackout I was part of. I was 8 and my father drove us to the local drug store to buy new flashlight batteries. We took a photo from inside the darkened drug store (which stayed open until its usual time).
I lived in Pittsburgh in '77 and '03 so I was unaffected by both of them.
Even after hurricane Gloria 20 years ago last September, we only went without power for about 6 hours. The power came on just before the premiere of the new Twilight Zone (the first time I ever saw Bruce Willis in anything - Ellison's fine Shatterday adaptation). Some of our friends who lived closer to Boston were without power for about a week!
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Date: 2005-11-10 03:30 am (UTC)I lived in Pittsburgh in '77 and '03 so I was unaffected by both of them.
Even after hurricane Gloria 20 years ago last September, we only went without power for about 6 hours. The power came on just before the premiere of the new Twilight Zone (the first time I ever saw Bruce Willis in anything - Ellison's fine Shatterday adaptation). Some of our friends who lived closer to Boston were without power for about a week!