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The 519 Podcast presents: The Great Northeastern Blackout - 20 years later

Where were you that day? Were you driving when the lights went out? Trapped inside an elevator? Camping and completely unaware?

At 4:11 pm on August 14, 2003 approximately 55 million North Americans found themselves without electricity.

The widespread outage stretched across parts of Ontario, Michigan, Ohio, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York.

On this episode of the 519 Podcast, we look back at “The Great Northeast Blackout - 20 years later” 

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The Toronto Blue Jays lost 7-2 to the Houston Astros on Tuesday while the Detroit Tigers won their fourth straight, 8-0 over Seattle.

Baseball fans celebrating in the stands. © Can Stock Photo / djpadavona

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