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b_b  ·  959 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Look for a nice aurora on Thursday (April 14)

Remember back in 2003 or whatever when that transformer blew in the Niagara region and the entire upper Midwest lost power for about 3 days? It was that hard to fix, and the rest of the country was powered and thus available to help fix the problem. It was the middle of summer and very hot, but I don't exactly remember what we ate for those few days. Refrigeration being absent when it's 90 degrees is less than optimal.