... million people were affected by this huge regional blackout. Ten million Canadians (about one third total Canadians) and forty million Americans (approximately one eight the population) were in the dark. 22 power plants was shutdown during the outage spanning 24,000 square kilometers. Communication by cell phone and means of transportation via railways were down leaving thousands of people stranded at ... their workplaces having to walk home or catch a ride. In 1965 when the first blackout occurred, an independent non-profit company named N.E.R.C. (North American Energy Reliability Coun...

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... Canadian fishing lure, good for casting, and trolling behind the boat). All day long, the fish were biting, but none were keepers, they were all under the legal limit of 22 inches for Canada (which is not all that big). Then I made a perfect cast along the shore line. The lure flew through the air, throwing off blinding reflections from the sun ... not sure about the length of this fish, but it was well over 55 inches. All that I have left is my now beat up lure that I used to try and catch this fish. This was truly my "Big One" that got away. ...

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