# Power Outage--Not All Bad

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-outage-not-all-bad/195274>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [August 15, 2003, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-outage-not-all-bad/195274 "2003-08-15T00:09:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![jujuju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@jujuju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jujuju)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-outage-not-all-bad/195274/21 "2003-08-16T02:18:27Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Neurotik \*  
> \*\*Here’s something I’ve been wondering. What do the stars look like over a blacked out NYC? \*\*

due to this quote, i had ‘if you get caught between the moon and new york city’ stuck in my head all morning… grr!

i live in atlanta, and the first thing i always notice when i go out of town is the stars, i can only imagine what it must be like in NY. haven’t been there in 10 years.

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**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\
**Post date:** [August 16, 2003, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/power-outage-not-all-bad/195274/22 "2003-08-16T15:18:11Z")

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I figured maybe God was just trying to get people’s attention.  
Hey, give up tv for a little bit and think.

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