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What did YOU think when the lights went out?

BY Dave Ross  on February 4, 2013 @ 5:26 am (Updated: 6:35 am - 2/4/13 )

It was very strange. The game was looking like a Ravens blowout, and our group was kind of bored, and then someone said - "Hey are you watching this? The Superdome is dark, and players are just wandering around."

Suddenly, the year's biggest sports event was like watching CSPAN waiting for a confirmation hearing to start.

And I have to admit my first thought was what Defense Secretary Panetta warned about last October when he said that foreign computer hackers could take down the power grid.

"An attack that would paralyze and shock the nation and create a new, profound sense of vulnerability," Panetta had said.

We did briefly flip to the Puppy Bowl on Animal Planet, but how long can you watch a bunch of puppies fighting over a chew toy?

And then somebody said - let's check Twitter. The media vacuum was so intense that a bored nation was forced to turn to each other for entertainment.

And the marketers picked up on it instantly.

PBS tweeted that Downton Abbey would start in six minutes. Major League Baseball tweeted "pitchers and catchers report in 8 days." Walgreen's tweeted that they sell light bulbs. Oreo Cookies tweeted You can still dunk in the dark.

Entergy, the power company for New Orleans tweeted that the "power issue at the Super Dome appears to be on the customer's side." Just like MY power company says when I call!

The local disaster agency tweeted "power would be coming back on in 15 minutes, we ask you to stay calm." They always say 15 minutes, just like the airlines, and it never is.

Arianna Huffington tweeted, "Turning the power off -- classic little brother move."

Columnist David Corn tweeted "Finally, America cares about the infrastructure in New Orleans."

And Steve Martin tweeted "The Chinese again." My thoughts exactly.

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  • Zoeller wrote...
    I thought - Holy Crap!!!!
    February 4, 2013 11:05 am
    They are going to have to reschedule the rest of the game for another day.
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  • awbitf wrote...
    Since the cause is still TBD
    February 4, 2013 11:53 am
    I still kind of suspect it was a hack. Foreign nationals, Anonymous, Lulzsec, whatever... our utilities are very behind the times when it comes to their information systems.
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  • CH wrote...
    Lights Out
    February 4, 2013 11:55 am
    that's what the democrats did to the Republicans this last election. Their lights are out for good!!!
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  • Chris Halliday wrote...
    DonVigo
    February 4, 2013 12:14 pm
    Jesus died because he broke laws that were punishable by death at the time. He was treasonous, blasphemous, and seditious. He died because of his own bad behavior and so did all his close buddies except for John who died of natural causes. I'm a deist, not a christian. If you do some simple research you will find that Jesus was actually Satan and far from being God or His son. That means that roughly 2.8 billion idiots on this planet worship Satan and don't even know it. As if Jesus getting nailed to a cross did us any good. What a joke.
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  • DonVigo wrote...
    Methinks you missed my sentiment...
    February 4, 2013 1:56 pm
    "Get a life" and "keep your crazy nonsense in church where it belongs."
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  • Chris Halliday wrote...
    DonVigo and AJ
    February 4, 2013 4:57 pm
    DonVigo, what part of anything I have said suggests that I don't have a life? It is you who needs to get a life as you think any mention of God requires a church to do so. Being a deist, I know that churches are false idols as well as are those who lead them. AJ, of course Satan is God's enemy as He has tried to rob God's identity so He could recieve false praise, cause mass hipcrisy, and pretty much do everything God hates. You are correct to be cautious about putting your arms or legs anywhere near my mouth. I would rip them completely off your body.
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  • CH wrote...
    2000, 2002 and 2004
    February 4, 2013 5:55 pm
    were fixed elections. It will never happen again. Since you went to bed with the Tea Party. The pendulum will never swing back to the GOP. The 2010 bloodletting was within your party. You will lose the House in 2014.
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  • AKAF wrote...
    My first thoughts...
    February 4, 2013 11:31 pm
    what a dump the Super Dome is and why they they were having the Superbowl there despite the outstanding city environment. It is about the game. Seriously, the Super Dome? It has to be the most outdated stadium that has the 'big' game. Even Indy paid for a new stadium and hosted the new game without any complications.
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  • M3 wrote...
    My thought #1 was
    February 5, 2013 1:26 am
    it's a great time for a #2
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