http://www.byte.org/blog Ross Wm. Rader's current home page. Odds and sods of current interest without much thought given to rhyme or reason. Hey, it keeps me out of trouble, hopefully it keeps you interested ;) en-us Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:12:14 -0500 Blackout 2003 Blogware Ross http://www.byte.org/blog/_archives/2003/8/15/1394.html http://www.byte.org/blog/_archives/2003/8/15/1394.html Fri, 15 Aug 2003 22:44:23 -0400 Shoppers was pretty good about everything actually. Not only were they the only store open on Thursday night that I could find, they weren't scalping stuff. Batteries were expensive, but they always are. Blackout 2003 Ross http://www.byte.org/blog/_archives/2003/8/15/1403.html http://www.byte.org/blog/_archives/2003/8/15/1403.html Fri, 15 Aug 2003 22:44:36 -0400 Based on the news reports today, these people were the lucky ones. There's usually several dozen people waiting for rides and many, many cars waiting to pick people up. This was taken around 6:30 Thursday night.l Blackout 2003 Ross http://www.byte.org/blog/_archives/2003/8/15/1390.html http://www.byte.org/blog/_archives/2003/8/15/1390.html Fri, 15 Aug 2003 22:44:18 -0400 As the sun started to set, it became apparent exactly what being off the grid meant. Blackout 2003 Ross http://www.byte.org/blog/_archives/2003/8/15/1392.html http://www.byte.org/blog/_archives/2003/8/15/1392.html Fri, 15 Aug 2003 22:44:21 -0400 The lights you see are from candles and emergency backup. Toronto was completely off the grid at this point. Taken around 9:00 last night. Blackout 2003 Ross http://www.byte.org/blog/_archives/2003/8/15/1386.html http://www.byte.org/blog/_archives/2003/8/15/1386.html Fri, 15 Aug 2003 22:44:13 -0400 This is a quicker exposure that illustrates exactly how dark it got.. <br> Blackout 2003