10 years ago today the blackout in the Northeast happened

[606onit]

I was at a Cubs game.

 

[BangBike]

Were the lights inside the tunnel on? Must have something to drive though that tunnel pitch black.

There were some lights from what I remember..

 

[Prestige]

I was in Alberta at the Tim Hortons Camp chilling out in the Rockies, I had electricity and everything.

 

[General Salty]

10 years, wow.

I was at work, walked 3 miles home. Elevators out, walked up double digit flights, checked on my wife and newborn, back out to shop in a pitch black supermarket, walked back up the stairs with bags of groceries, spent the night with the apartment door wide open trying to get any air flowing into the spot. Chair up against the door, holding my 1 month old, trying to keep him cool while not passing out myself.

Interesting, miserable day and a half.

 

[head shots101]

the whole hood was outside for the night and day...I was a 18 year old reckless nikka at the time

 

[Pazzy]

i was at home chilling. it was hot as fukk that day too. two weeks later, went to canada for the first time and then another week later, started my senior year of high school.

 

[Dafunkdoc_Unlimited]

I had just finished helping a friend move into Brooklyn from Perth Amboy. We made it back onto the Parkway South right before the power went out. A few minutes later and we'd have been stuck in the Tunnel........

I felt bad for the people heading North. I have never seen that many cars on the Parkway. shyt was bumper-to-bumper for like 20 exits......​

 

[intruder]

Did they ever say what caused it?

 

[Canada Goose]

Did they ever say what caused it?

I can't really sum it up since there's several factors as it why it happened, so here's the wiki leak...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003