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in poor productivity, poor reliabili- across bridges, of inner city resi- of the Power Outage of 2003.
<br /> ty and poor power quality," dents huddled on darkened streets, The power industry will never
<br /> Gellings said. of dozens of idled auto assembly be the same. Our national economy
<br /> That problem will get fixed, plants will not soon fade from the is up to the task. It too will
<br /> many executives around the power public retina. be brought into the 21st century
<br /> industry today believe. New energy policies, new ener- in the process of guaranteeing
<br /> The image of tens of thousands gy businesses and new ways of that the lights—and our computers
<br /> of New Yorkers streaming on foot doing business all will be the legacy —stay on. t
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<br /> Where Were You the Day the Lights Went Out?
<br /> From South Carolina's Home Page as Reported by The Associated Press
<br /> Newark,NJ —At First,It was 9/I I All Over Again I rf ''�
<br /> Margie Leonard of Newark was trying to get home, but found her car strand-
<br /> ed on the third level of a parking lift at the Robert Treat Hotel.With power out, t
<br /> there was no way to lower her car-to the ground,and she stood fuming in the i 41
<br /> 90-degree heat. "I am (ticked) off, I'm hot and I'm menopausal." She said her i
<br /> first thought when the lights went off was that the region had suffered a ter- • ''
<br /> rorist attack.
<br /> That also was on the mind of Linda Perkins, who walked down several iI ifix
<br /> flights of stairs from her office in the PSEG building. "There was panic because
<br /> we thought that it was 9/11 all over again, "she said. Willie Pugh, left, of Monticello,
<br /> Craig DeFiore's car also was struck on an elevated lift. The Scotch Plains res- N.Y., sits against a cement hard-
<br /> j ident said he had no way to get home. "I was fixing my computer,and I thought er with his nephews, stranded in
<br /> I screwed something up." front of the Port Authority bus
<br /> terminal in New York, Friday,
<br /> i Connecticut,Massachusetts—Stuck On A Roller Coaster Aug. 15,2003 following the
<br /> I Kim Hicks got stuck on a roller coaster at the Six Flags over New England Linton)
<br /> r. (AP Photo/Malcom
<br /> is amusement park in Agawam, MA. "We were on the Cyclone roller coaster
<br /> when the power went out,"she said. Luckily it was where it was flat,thank God,not up on top.We sat there
<br /> about 20 minutes, and they finally came to walk us off." The park regained power a short time later.
<br /> Fire and ambulance sirens could be heard in downtown Stamford. Other patrons also stayed at the pub,
<br /> which had no power Thursday afternoon, with the lights off and the doors open. Ed Martin of
<br /> Northumberland,out on the bar's deck,had been a student of SUNY Albany during a blackout in the 1960's.
<br /> Martin said he got stuck in an elevator about an hour in one of the dormitory towers in that one. "They final-
<br /> ly managed to somehow get us out of there."
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<br /> Toronto— Going Nowhere Fast
<br /> Streetcars preparing to transport workers in the evening rush hour were grounded, sending riders into the
<br /> street to hail taxicabs. "The streetcar can't go anywhere. You just have to wait," said Mike Collins, a street-
<br /> car driver.
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<br /> Blackouts were reported in Ottawa in the province's eastern region, Windsor in the west and North Bay
<br /> in the northern part of Ontario.
<br /> The blackout had not spread as far as Thunder Bay in northwestern Ontario, suggesting power in the
<br /> north was sporadic.
<br /> NewYork City-The City That Never Sleeps Goes Dark y
<br /> iAt the United Nations, public information officer Lamiae Aidi said a cocktail was in order. "I'm going for a
<br /> i! drink.There is no other choice. What am I going to do, go home and light candles?"
<br /> A U.N. communications worker,Aaron David, said he was just trying to keep calm. "I was here for 9/11.
<br /> a This doesn't happen every day. Once I find out what's going on, I'll know whether to panic."
<br /> f In Times Square, Gabriela Mira waited in line four-deep to use a corner pay phone, rocking her 6-month
<br /> t old daughter in a stroller. "I had to get out of the house,"Mira said. "It was so dark, and everything was off,
<br /> and I was scared. No air conditioner, the phones—they need electricity.And it's so, so hot."
<br /> ,, New Yorkers escaped silenced subways. Nuclear power plants in four states shut down. "We all are
<br /> t- wondering what caused this," New York Gov. George Pataki said.
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