# Are blackouts the shark attacks of this summer?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 28, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-blackouts-the-shark-attacks-of-this-summer/198252 "2003-08-28T19:26:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-blackouts-the-shark-attacks-of-this-summer/198252/1 "2003-08-28T19:26:18Z")

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East coast US  
Newark  
Now London?

What the hell is going on?

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**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-blackouts-the-shark-attacks-of-this-summer/198252/2 "2003-08-28T19:52:43Z")

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I find it very odd that the blackout in London happened almost exactly 2 weeks from the day and hour of New York’s power failure. That’s a heckuva a coincidence. 😕

Hope all the London Dopers have found their ways home safely.

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**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-blackouts-the-shark-attacks-of-this-summer/198252/3 "2003-08-28T20:08:47Z")

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I was reading that an estimated 250,000 people were in the Tube, as the blackout hit right at 6:15.

From someone who was in London a few months back, I would _hate_ to be stuck on the micro subway.

I hope everyone is ok.

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**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-blackouts-the-shark-attacks-of-this-summer/198252/4 "2003-08-28T20:36:16Z")

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Ah, it’s a 1920’s style “Shark Attack.”

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**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-blackouts-the-shark-attacks-of-this-summer/198252/5 "2003-08-28T20:59:54Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Greywolf73 \*  
> \*\*I find it very odd that the blackout in London happened almost exactly 2 weeks from the day and hour of New York’s power failure. That’s a heckuva a coincidence. 😕  
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I didn’t do it. Stop looking at me like that.