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musicradio77 · 11-09-2005, 01:04 AM

Do you know what happened 40 years ago, today? The great northeast blackout in which the entire New York City area as well as other parts of surrounding areas had lost power. That was 1965. That was long before my time. Has anybody remembered when that happened?

MsOrange · 11-09-2005, 08:24 AM

i don't even know what your talking about...

i'm bad at history.

D-Dey · 11-09-2005, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by musicradio77

Do you know what happened 40 years ago, today? The great northeast blackout in which the entire New York City area as well as other parts of surrounding areas had lost power. That was 1965. That was long before my time. Has anybody remembered when that happened?

Well, I was born one day before that, but I didn't learn about it until I was around 9.5 years old(thanks for the birthday notice yesterday everyone, BTW), but from what I've been told, when the hospital my mother and I were staying in finally got their power back, it was the first time I opened my eyes. I don't know if that's considered normal or not.

Janice · 11-09-2005, 10:30 AM

There was a big baby boom in New York nine months after the blackout.

Mijada · 11-09-2005, 11:04 AM

I thought that happened in the 70's??????

MsOrange · 11-09-2005, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Janice

There was a big baby boom in New York nine months after the blackout.

D-Dey · 11-09-2005, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Mijada

I thought that happened in the 70's??????

There was(1977), but it was pretty much confined to New York City. The big one was in 1965.

Janice Johnson · 11-09-2005, 02:24 PM

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Originally Posted by D-Dey

There was(1977), but it was pretty much confined to New York City. The big one was in 1965.

That is what Drinka is talking about in Cheetah Girls miovie. After the power goes out in New York(in 2003 in the movie) she says, "This reminds me of the big blackout in Manhattan of 1977. The power(in 2003, in the movie) comes back on in a less than a minute though.

musicradio77 · 11-09-2005, 09:47 PM

Pitooey · 11-10-2005, 11:02 AM

Of course I remembered it.

That was the black out that was on all night. It was scary too.

There was no looting and that was my first blackout ever. I remember reading about the people stuck in the train tunnels and the elevators. I remember my parents put only one candle and I remember distincly that I was eating dinner at the time the black out struck. It was so scary.

We lived in a high floor at the time and when you looked out the window it was total darkness.

Steve M. · 11-12-2005, 06:46 PM

I was four days old and still in the incubator at St. Vincent's Hospital in Montclair, New Jersey (now an abandoned hulk!), as I was a preemie. (I was sixteen days early.) Fortunately, St Vincent's had a backup generator.

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Pitooey Member Forum Star Join Date: Feb 15, 2001 Location: Rocking in Transylvania. Posts: 15,042	Of course I remembered it. That was the black out that was on all night. It was scary too. There was no looting and that was my first blackout ever. I remember reading about the people stuck in the train tunnels and the elevators. I remember my parents put only one candle and I remember distincly that I was eating dinner at the time the black out struck. It was so scary. We lived in a high floor at the time and when you looked out the window it was total darkness.
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Steve M. Back on the road to reality Forum Superstar Join Date: Nov 07, 2003 Location: New Jersey Posts: 33,307	I was four days old and still in the incubator at St. Vincent's Hospital in Montclair, New Jersey (now an abandoned hulk!), as I was a preemie. (I was sixteen days early.) Fortunately, St Vincent's had a backup generator.
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MsOrange Bringin' Sexy Back Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 27, 2004 Posts: 6,133	i don't even know what your talking about... i'm bad at history.

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Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	There was a big baby boom in New York nine months after the blackout.

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