The lights in everyone's windows were flickering in time with my own. Our neighbor two doors down said everyone's TV was on the fritz. As I watched, the stoplight up at the corner suddenly flashed in a series of odd patterns, then went out.
….. http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2003NC/finalprogram/abstract_50750.htm. caused by natural gas. I am guessing it made the salt mine folks really nervous. Also, transformers are kind of pretty when they explode at night. …

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