RE: 1965 Blackout Airchecks

["Paul Hopfgarten" <paul@03038.com>]

Actually, the 2 coolest (non-radio) things I remember is that there was a
Full Moon that night which really shone brightly w/o lights on, and the
eerie sight of auto headlights shining being the only artificial light.
(Hey, I was 8 years old then, what would you expect...)

Paul Hopfgarten
East Derry NH 03041
paul@03038.com


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> Subject: Re: 1965 Blackout Airchecks
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>
> Here's a 1965 blackout memory:
>
> Just after 5PM that day my mother live-parked in front of Clement
> Drug in Wellesley and sent me in to pick up a prescription.  As
> the druggist was ringing it up the power went out, and the
> Monroe-Sweda register stopped with the numbers stuck in mid-spin.
> He made a joke about not paying the electric bill and made change
> from his pocket.
>
> As I walked outside a moment later I saw that all the lights in
> Wellesley Square were also out.  I hopped in the car and
> immediately head Art Gardner on W(snap)BZ/Radio 103 saying that
> they were on the emergency generator due to the power outage in
> Boston.  So this was a big one.  I said to my mother "I'll bet
> that WMEX is too cheap to have an emergency generator" and pushed
> the last pre-set button.  Indeed, WMEX (1510) was off the air,
> and WKBW/Buffalo (1520) came booming in.  The announcer said "due
> to the power outage across the city of Buffalo WKBW is now on the
> emergency generator."
>
> So, through the miracle of radio, I knew within a minute that the
> blackout covered the whole Northeast.