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Michchamp
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Link to wikipedia article. We now know it was caused by Ohio... they had lousy software and didn't monitor their shit well.
Anyone else live through this? I remember being at work (it was my last day before starting law school that fall), and the lights blinking a couple times before going out for good. The UPS guy came into the office and I asked him if power was out down the street, and he said "Power is out for the whole east of the country!"
I thought he was joking. My boss said we'd postpone going away drinks for me for a day or two (we never had them). When I left, traffic was a mess. One lucky break was that I had filled up my gas tank at lunch, and so had the means to get around. We eventually went to stay with family in East Lansing (they never lost power). First time in my life I felt like a refugee...
Anyone else live through this? I remember being at work (it was my last day before starting law school that fall), and the lights blinking a couple times before going out for good. The UPS guy came into the office and I asked him if power was out down the street, and he said "Power is out for the whole east of the country!"
I thought he was joking. My boss said we'd postpone going away drinks for me for a day or two (we never had them). When I left, traffic was a mess. One lucky break was that I had filled up my gas tank at lunch, and so had the means to get around. We eventually went to stay with family in East Lansing (they never lost power). First time in my life I felt like a refugee...