# It's dark in here...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dark-in-here/204277>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 28, 2003, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dark-in-here/204277 "2003-09-28T10:07:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2003, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dark-in-here/204277/1 "2003-09-28T10:07:56Z")

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But I still have the internet! buahahaha

Silly nationwide power outage can’t phase the US Navy! 😃

For those that haven’t seen it on the news, I am quite literally in the middle of a power outage larger than the one in NYC recently. :smack:

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**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2003, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dark-in-here/204277/2 "2003-09-28T10:12:26Z")

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For those who are interested… [link](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/3146136.stm).

Sounds pretty nasty.

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**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2003, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dark-in-here/204277/3 "2003-09-28T16:13:39Z")

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Maybe it’s just that your hat is too big.

I saw this on the early a.m. news. I wonder what caused it?

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**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2003, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dark-in-here/204277/4 "2003-09-28T16:22:25Z")

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Watch out for grues!

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**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2003, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dark-in-here/204277/5 "2003-09-28T17:32:41Z")

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From the linked article:

“The Italian national grid authority blamed the blackout on a malfunction of two major supply lines from France.”  
Pastafazool! It’s those d@mn frogs once again.

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**Author:** ![chattywine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@chattywine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chattywine)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dark-in-here/204277/6 "2003-09-28T22:24:16Z")

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Yeah Yeah **alterego** damn if our power didn’t come back till 8pm!  
Just in time to watch the F1 race at least!

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**Author:** ![Kieras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a87d85/32.png) [@Kieras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kieras)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2003, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-dark-in-here/204277/7 "2003-09-28T23:53:55Z")

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Ahh that’s no fun.

If my power was out I wouldn’t have the net.  
OMG what would I do.

I gotta buy a generator now.