# Major Power Outage in NYC, Detroit, Toronto, and Ottawa

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 14, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-power-outage-in-nyc-detroit-toronto-and-ottawa/195229 "2003-08-14T20:40:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-power-outage-in-nyc-detroit-toronto-and-ottawa/195229/21 "2003-08-14T22:56:50Z")

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They say some places in NY City are also coming back.

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**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-power-outage-in-nyc-detroit-toronto-and-ottawa/195229/22 "2003-08-15T02:45:28Z")

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Does this mean that there’s gonna be a **whole lotta babies** magically appear in oh, say . . . 9 months from now?

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**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-power-outage-in-nyc-detroit-toronto-and-ottawa/195229/23 "2003-08-15T02:52:32Z")

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Power went out at my place around 5, maybe? (living in the Albany, NY are.) Many towns in and around Albany had power, while others didn’t, and my friends two blocks from my place had power. I don’t know when it came back on, I left at 8, came back at 11 and power is on.

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