Clint alerted me that the power had gone out in most of Jacksonville last night.. a pretty big deal for a city that large.

McClint: electricity was out until after midnite
JPennant: man. I heard about it on the news
JPennant: was it like a war zone driving home?
McClint: by the time i got into jax, most of rush hour had passed but it was still kinda weird
McClint: you heard about the blackout on the news?
JPennant: Yeah, 70 percent of a large city like Jax out of power? Its news
McClint: http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/043002/pat_9277213.html
pretty well sums up how people handled it yesterday
JPennant: Heh. No riots :-)
McClint: hahaah we got no reason to riot. turn the heat up another 10° and it might be a different story

Yeah, I read that article, about the power being out in the laid back , artsy area I used to live in called San Marco.

Brought back memories..... Seeing flicks at the San Marco theatre, heheh and no power like the other starving artist students that that tend to live in the area. ;-)

In San Marco, I ran into a trio of young people, who had left their apartment when the lights went down. They were relieved to find the lights off everywhere. As one of them, who identified himself as Lyle, explained, "We thought it was because we didn't pay our electric bill."

Heehee. That woulda been my first thought back then. ;-)