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8/14/03- Where Were You When The Lights Went Out?

Deprived of ‘Extreme Makeover,’ New Yorkers drank up all the cold beer in the bars, then started on the warm; lit bonfires in the park and danced. And then they lay down under the stars and hoped for a breeze.

Newsweek August 25, 2003

Is it wrong that we kinda wish this would happen again?

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    i was on at the orthodontist when it happened… lol. i thought it was fun though, you get to do everything by...

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    At the top of a slide at Splash Down

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    It is fascinating.

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    I was home by myself and just read a book while eating the rest of a thing of ice cream because I knew it was going to...

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    my dad got a generator from work and we had a cook out in the back yard and the whole neighborhood came over to our...

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    I was a manager at a grocery store and my boss said we had to stay open. We were the only store open for miles. It...

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    I was chatting with some random Scottish girl, and when the computer and the light went out, I figured everyone in the...

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    The last time I threw up.

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    I was on a New York City subway exactly one week before the blackout happened.

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    Working at a cubscout camp…Had a lot of ice cream that day…

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