# Hey, who turned the lights off?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-who-turned-the-lights-off/195322>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 15, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-who-turned-the-lights-off/195322 "2003-08-15T03:49:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![karomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@karomon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karomon)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-who-turned-the-lights-off/195322/1 "2003-08-15T03:49:18Z")

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Ok, so I can finally get online from my laptop and try to figure out what happened. To save me valuable battery time, maybe you people can tell me what you know about the blackout, because over here the rumors are spreading like wildfire. Anyone?

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**Author:** ![LookitMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7bcc69/32.png) [@LookitMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LookitMe)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-who-turned-the-lights-off/195322/2 "2003-08-15T03:57:53Z")

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**Author:** ![karomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@karomon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karomon)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-who-turned-the-lights-off/195322/3 "2003-08-15T03:58:57Z")

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Thank you. So how’s about that spoiled milk?

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**Author:** ![LookitMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7bcc69/32.png) [@LookitMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LookitMe)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-who-turned-the-lights-off/195322/4 "2003-08-15T04:00:29Z")

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Sorry. That link screwed up on me.

Try this one:

[http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/08/14/national2143EDT0811.DTL](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/08/14/national2143EDT0811.DTL)

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**Author:** ![LookitMe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7bcc69/32.png) [@LookitMe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LookitMe)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-who-turned-the-lights-off/195322/5 "2003-08-15T04:10:35Z")

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[Canadian officials provide conflicting accounts, blaming outage on lightning or fire](http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/08/14/international2203EDT0823.DTL)