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Jul 08, 2013

Nearly 4,500 Pepco Customers in Shaw and Bloomingdale Lose Power

Just a few hours after power was restored to parts of D.C. hit by a blackout yesterday, thousands of residents in those same neighborhoods are once again in the dark on a hot, sweltering day.

Jul 05, 2012

The Great Derecho Power Outage of ’12, As Seen From Space

Wonder what the region’s power outages looked like from space? NASA has two images showing just how extensive the outages were after last week’s storm.

Apr 13, 2011

Let’s Wait For The Blackout, The Memorial’s Too Bright

An electric cable serving the western end of the National Mall was damaged last night, causing a blackout at the Lincoln Memorial, the Korean War Memorial and other areas around the Reflecting Pool.

 
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