Aug 12 2023 - Blackout 20 year ago

 

It was 20 years ago on August 14th that the worst power blackout in North American history occurred.  The worst n history was in Southern Brazil. It was more widespread than the Northeast blackout of 1965. 30 million people lost power.  A 3,500 megawatt power surge headed towards Ontario at 4:10 pm.  More than 508 generating units at 265 power plants shut down during the outage.  In areas where the power remained off after nightfall, the Milky Way and orbiting artificial satellites became visible in metropolitan areas.  What a difference then to now - "complete strangers reached out to each other that day".  The news articles cover the blackout weddings that day with the storyline that people then felt the blackout brought out the best in Toronto.  From the CBC article on the topic: "In an effort to recapture the energy of that night, Amlani celebrates the anniversary of the blackout by helping to organize an annual gathering. Acoustic musicians come out to play and the lights are doused "to recapture that energy, that sense of community." "This year's celebration starts at Queen West and Callender streets in Parkdale at 8 p.m. and will be hosted by the Balkan folk band Lemon Bucket Orkestra." Here's one of my Flexify manipulations - it seems to match what happened to the power grid.

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Koi, The Living Art…Circle of Life

Hi everyone,

It seems to take hundreds of images to get one good one of Koi.  They swim this way and that and get in each other's way.  And then, at one moment, a perfect circle is formed.  So it seems to always be worth the hundreds and hundreds of shots.  

Celebrating the Emerald Isle with Green

Hi everyone,
It's a sunny spring day here in Grimsby and also St. Patrick's Day!  Today's post combines the Emerald Isle Green and Niagara's spring flowers.  The lovely little yellow flowers below are Winter Aconites, and this image was taken last weekend in the beautiful Niagara-on-the-Lake.  That town gets prettier with every day that goes by. 

Enjoy your Sunday and celebrate St. Patrick's Day in style!

Parasols in Dreamy Glades

Leaves in Flames

This is a Fine Spring Morning

Marilyn