amdx wrote:
Stolen from alt.hvac
Mike

National
Rotation Of Earth Plunges Entire North American Continent Into
Darkness
February 27, 2006 | Issue 42.09

NEW YORK-Millions of eyewitnesses watched in stunned horror Tuesday as
light emptied from the sky, plunging the U.S. and neighboring
countries into darkness. As the hours progressed, conditions only
worsened. Enlarge Image Earth image

Satellite view at 4:50 p.m. EST shows the sun disappearing from the
sky.
At approximately 4:20 p.m. EST, the sun began to lower from its
position in the sky in a westward trajectory, eventually disappearing
below the horizon. Reports of this global emergency continued to file
in from across the continent until 5:46 p.m. PST, when the entire
North American mainland was officially declared dark.

As the phenomenon hit New York, millions of motorists were forced to
use their headlights to navigate through the blackness. Highways
flooded with commuters who had left work to hurry home to their
families. Traffic was bottlenecked for more than two hours in many
major metropolitan areas.

Across the country, buses and trains are operating on limited
schedules and will cease operation shortly after 12 a.m. EST, leaving
hundreds of thousands of commuters in outlying areas effectively
stranded in their homes.

Despite the high potential for danger and decreased visibility,
scientists say they are unable to do anything to restore light to the
continent at this time.

Poor *******s. Luckily, I live in a society that looked ahead to just
this sort of contingency and built an energy infrastructure to match. Clap
on! =)