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   RW | Aug 27, 2003 04:20am | #1

   I get to say it first. I posted that a week ago and got drop kicked. I thought it was a neat pic, regardless of authenticity. Number of people made valid points as to why it's not the real deal. Leave it to a contractor to be quick on the uptake when looking for what's not right with the world.

   "The child is grown / The dream is gone / And I have become / Comfortably numb "      lyrics by Roger Waters

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   MrPita2 | Aug 27, 2003 07:15am | #2

   Here are the real pics, though, from NOAA via snopes.com.  Still kinda neat, but not as dramatic.

   20 hours before blackout:

   http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/nightlights/blackout081403-20hrsbefore-text.jpg

   4 hours after blackout:

   http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/nightlights/blackout081503-7hrsafter-text.jpg

   If everything seems to be going well, you've obviously overlooked something.

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   LarryR | Aug 28, 2003 08:52pm | #3

   I'd check on the source.  Columbus OH was NOT blacked out.......

   Larry (Columbus Resident)

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   Luka | Aug 28, 2003 10:22pm | #4

   If you look closely, you'll see that Columbus isn't blacked out. Just very dim.

   Not every single receptacle everywhere, flowed electricity from the same few lines.

   A good heart embiggins even the smallest person.

   Quittin' Time