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August 14, 2008

Around 4:10 p.m. on August 14, 2003, electrical transmission lines running through Ohio disconnected--thanks to toppled trees that forced Cleveland area power lines to draw more energy--and blackouts started to cascade across the system. NYC was left, along with other parts of the Northeast, Midwest, and Canada, without electrical power. Power did come back about 30 hours later, but not after New York residents were trapped in elevators and subways, unable to make cell phone......

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