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I’m more worried that most likely there will be no electricity on New Year’s Eve and the holiday will have to be spent in the dark. But I began to prepare myself for such a scenario in advance, stocked up on garlands, power banks, so the blackout would upset us, but not stop us. – Anna Kovalchuk	Found on CNN 1 year ago
This is the best thing Gov. Cuomo could have asked for: a total news blackout on his myriad scandals during the network’s ostensibly highest-rated hour. – Tom Elliott	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We can't let ourselves tumble into a situation where, by acting prematurely -- I hate to say it because it's been such a long event -- but by acting prematurely to completely close it off that we end up in that blackout that could last, you know, an indeterminate amount of time. – Bill Magness	Found on CNN 3 years ago
We felt a very strong jolt and there was a blackout. I saw people rushing down. We were panicking, heading to the exit. – Naru Guarda Cabaddu	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
It terrifies me to think we are facing a national blackout again, the first thing I did was run to freeze my food so that it does not go bad like it did like the last time in March. It costs a lot to buy food just to lose it. – Maria Luisa Rivero	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
In the radio blackout I opened the little plastic packages which contained bread and wine, i poured the wine into the chalice our church had given me. In the one-sixth gravity of the moon, the wine curled slowly and gracefully up the side of the cup. It was interesting to think that the very first liquid ever poured on the moon, and the first food eaten there, were communion elements. – Buzz Aldrin	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
We all know who is responsible for the blackout - Maduro, we must accelerate the process to remove this corrupt and thieving regime. – Juan Guaido	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
One of the things they are doing seems to be - and we've thought this from the very beginning - is helping the regime with the S-300 ground-air missile system, which apparently got all screwed up by the blackout. – Elliott Abrams	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It has been horrible since the blackout. My daughter needs treatment that lasts six hours: now she is only getting it when there is power available. – Maria Rodriguez	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
I will say The White House again, we drank in college. I was with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh frequently in college, whether The White House be in the gym, in class or socializing. I never ever saw Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh blackout. Not one time, and in all the years I have known Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, I have never seen Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to be disrespectful or inappropriate with women. I would also like to point out that going out never came before working hard and maintaining our focus on our goals. – Chris Dudley	Found on CNN 5 years ago
There was a six-hour blackout on the day the minister said that rationing was suspended! – Nelly Moreno	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
As we started looking at the scale of the blackout and try to put that in historical context, it became clear this was a record-breaking event and worthy of some attention and focus just from an electric standpoint. – Trevor Houser	Found on CNN 6 years ago
We don't know what's going to happen with us in the future. We don't know if we're going to keep getting some aid some help – it's scary for us. Help from U.S. mainland power companies has been coming in waves for months. But Monica Viego-Rodriguez still hasn't seen a light come on anywhere in Monica Viego-Rodriguez neighborhood since the hurricanes hit last fall. Monica Viego-Rodriguez can only buy perishable foods for Monica Viego-Rodriguez family that they can eat the same day.There is nowhere to store food other than a cooler that she keeps filled with ice on her balcony. More than 470,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, causing an estimated $ 140 billion in damages. As Puerto Rico experiences the longest and most devastating blackout in American history, 1,000 utility trucks and 1,500 workers from 22 electric companies from all over the U.S. are arriving on the island this week to help the existing crews on the job restore power. As crews carve their way through the catastrophic damage, their progress is slow. But they met a major milestone this month when 1 million customers had their power restored, and utility crews say they won't stop until everyone is back on line. Help from U.S. mainland power companies has been coming in waves for months. But some Puerto Rico residents say they still haven't seen a light come on anywhere in their neighborhood since the hurricanes hit last fall. ( REUTERS) There is no set timeframe, we're just here for the long haul, the mission is to restore power and that's what we're focusing on. Wednesday night, the Puerto Rico governor said the island will receive approximately $ 35 billion in federal aid. But he added that Puerto Rico is facing massive debt and won't be able to repay the money until 2022. Power crews say they have to prioritize – hospitals, police and fire stations, come first.Then communication facilities, water treatment plants, transportation providers and shelters.From there, utility crews repair infrastructure serving smaller groups and neighborhoods. People like Sol Vazquez, a law student who has been working the best she can with limited resources, also Skyped with Fox News this week. She said she has been seeing a mixed response from her friends and fellow students. I think everyone wants to get their electricity back, I don't think, at this point, they care who does it or how they do it. – Lance Becca	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
I haven't even seen a truck nearby. Polls are still down lines are down, I really have no idea. And it's been slowly coming back around the metro area, but I feel like my area has been forgotten. She said she does n’t know what the future will bring. Right now, we're scared about Puerto Rico's future. This is really, really serious for us, we don't know what's going to happen with us in the future. We don't know if we're going to keep getting some aid some help – it's scary for us. Help from U.S. mainland power companies has been coming in waves for months. But Monica Viego-Rodriguez still hasn't seen a light come on anywhere in Monica Viego-Rodriguez neighborhood since the hurricanes hit last fall. Monica Viego-Rodriguez can only buy perishable foods for Monica Viego-Rodriguez family that they can eat the same day.There is nowhere to store food other than a cooler that she keeps filled with ice on her balcony. More than 470,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, causing an estimated $ 140 billion in damages. As Puerto Rico experiences the longest and most devastating blackout in American history, 1,000 utility trucks and 1,500 workers from 22 electric companies from all over the U.S. are arriving on the island this week to help the existing crews on the job restore power. As crews carve their way through the catastrophic damage, their progress is slow. But they met a major milestone this month when 1 million customers had their power restored, and utility crews say they won't stop until everyone is back on line. Help from U.S. mainland power companies has been coming in waves for months. But some Puerto Rico residents say they still haven't seen a light come on anywhere in their neighborhood since the hurricanes hit last fall. ( REUTERS) There is no set timeframe, we're just here for the long haul. – Monica Viego-Rodriguez	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
Projecting militants is undesirable but a blackout does not serve the public interest, for public accountability it is important that carefully edited information on militants is aired so that the public can assess the efficacy of state operations against terrorism. – Raza Rumi	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Since the strong retail sales data last Friday, the Fed has clearly started a communication campaign to urge markets to price in a hike in June, even though markets have not gone there yet, they set (Fed Chair Janet) Yellen's speech on June 6, just after the next payroll data and just before the blackout period will start before the next policy meeting. They wouldn't have to do this if they have no plan to raise rates in June. – Tomoaki Shishido	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
In college, many times students drink in a way that most people don't comprehend. They drink to accomplish a goal called becoming blackout drunk, they don't know their own capacity, and oftentimes underage students get into situations where they find themselves in trouble and they don't even know how they got there. – Jonathan Gibralter	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Studies tell us at least half of young people who drink experience a blackout before they graduate college, what's really concerning is that, in a two-week period, about one in 10 college students who drink say there are parts of a night they don't remember. – Aaron White	Found on CNN 8 years ago
While conservatives won the national elections by a wide margin, campuses have doubled down on liberal speakers--with zero elected conservative officials scheduled to speak at our nation's top schools. our 2015 survey shows the conservative blackout on college campuses has only gotten worse. – Ron Robinson	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
I'd like to offer my deepest apology to the family and lives that I affected on September 14 and 15 when I relapsed and went into a blackout for 30 hours, i thank the Lord nobody got hurt. – John Lourenco	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Until today, we haven’t received a single circular or notice from the government on the dam. We have no idea when it will be built, how exactly we will be affected and where we are going to be relocated. There is a complete information blackout. – Bhanu Chandar	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
What is really important is the 'never had a blackout' group was relatively uncommon, compared to the other groups. – Marc Schuckit	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

I’m more worried that most likely there will be no electricity on New Year’s Eve and the holiday will have to be spent in the dark. But I began to prepare myself for such a scenario in advance, stocked up on garlands, power banks, so the blackout would upset us, but not stop us.

– Anna Kovalchuk

Found on CNN
1 year ago

This is the best thing Gov. Cuomo could have asked for: a total news blackout on his myriad scandals during the network’s ostensibly highest-rated hour.

– Tom Elliott

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We can't let ourselves tumble into a situation where, by acting prematurely -- I hate to say it because it's been such a long event -- but by acting prematurely to completely close it off that we end up in that blackout that could last, you know, an indeterminate amount of time.

– Bill Magness

Found on CNN
3 years ago

We felt a very strong jolt and there was a blackout. I saw people rushing down. We were panicking, heading to the exit.

– Naru Guarda Cabaddu

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It terrifies me to think we are facing a national blackout again, the first thing I did was run to freeze my food so that it does not go bad like it did like the last time in March. It costs a lot to buy food just to lose it.

– Maria Luisa Rivero

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

In the radio blackout I opened the little plastic packages which contained bread and wine, i poured the wine into the chalice our church had given me. In the one-sixth gravity of the moon, the wine curled slowly and gracefully up the side of the cup. It was interesting to think that the very first liquid ever poured on the moon, and the first food eaten there, were communion elements.

– Buzz Aldrin

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

We all know who is responsible for the blackout - Maduro, we must accelerate the process to remove this corrupt and thieving regime.

– Juan Guaido

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

One of the things they are doing seems to be - and we've thought this from the very beginning - is helping the regime with the S-300 ground-air missile system, which apparently got all screwed up by the blackout.

– Elliott Abrams

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It has been horrible since the blackout. My daughter needs treatment that lasts six hours: now she is only getting it when there is power available.

– Maria Rodriguez

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

I will say The White House again, we drank in college. I was with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh frequently in college, whether The White House be in the gym, in class or socializing. I never ever saw Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh blackout. Not one time, and in all the years I have known Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, I have never seen Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh to be disrespectful or inappropriate with women. I would also like to point out that going out never came before working hard and maintaining our focus on our goals.

– Chris Dudley

Found on CNN
5 years ago

There was a six-hour blackout on the day the minister said that rationing was suspended!

– Nelly Moreno

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

As we started looking at the scale of the blackout and try to put that in historical context, it became clear this was a record-breaking event and worthy of some attention and focus just from an electric standpoint.

– Trevor Houser

Found on CNN
6 years ago

We don't know what's going to happen with us in the future. We don't know if we're going to keep getting some aid some help – it's scary for us. Help from U.S. mainland power companies has been coming in waves for months. But Monica Viego-Rodriguez still hasn't seen a light come on anywhere in Monica Viego-Rodriguez neighborhood since the hurricanes hit last fall. Monica Viego-Rodriguez can only buy perishable foods for Monica Viego-Rodriguez family that they can eat the same day.There is nowhere to store food other than a cooler that she keeps filled with ice on her balcony. More than 470,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, causing an estimated $ 140 billion in damages. As Puerto Rico experiences the longest and most devastating blackout in American history, 1,000 utility trucks and 1,500 workers from 22 electric companies from all over the U.S. are arriving on the island this week to help the existing crews on the job restore power. As crews carve their way through the catastrophic damage, their progress is slow. But they met a major milestone this month when 1 million customers had their power restored, and utility crews say they won't stop until everyone is back on line. Help from U.S. mainland power companies has been coming in waves for months. But some Puerto Rico residents say they still haven't seen a light come on anywhere in their neighborhood since the hurricanes hit last fall. ( REUTERS) There is no set timeframe, we're just here for the long haul, the mission is to restore power and that's what we're focusing on. Wednesday night, the Puerto Rico governor said the island will receive approximately $ 35 billion in federal aid. But he added that Puerto Rico is facing massive debt and won't be able to repay the money until 2022. Power crews say they have to prioritize – hospitals, police and fire stations, come first.Then communication facilities, water treatment plants, transportation providers and shelters.From there, utility crews repair infrastructure serving smaller groups and neighborhoods. People like Sol Vazquez, a law student who has been working the best she can with limited resources, also Skyped with Fox News this week. She said she has been seeing a mixed response from her friends and fellow students. I think everyone wants to get their electricity back, I don't think, at this point, they care who does it or how they do it.

– Lance Becca

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

I haven't even seen a truck nearby. Polls are still down lines are down, I really have no idea. And it's been slowly coming back around the metro area, but I feel like my area has been forgotten. She said she does n’t know what the future will bring. Right now, we're scared about Puerto Rico's future. This is really, really serious for us, we don't know what's going to happen with us in the future. We don't know if we're going to keep getting some aid some help – it's scary for us. Help from U.S. mainland power companies has been coming in waves for months. But Monica Viego-Rodriguez still hasn't seen a light come on anywhere in Monica Viego-Rodriguez neighborhood since the hurricanes hit last fall. Monica Viego-Rodriguez can only buy perishable foods for Monica Viego-Rodriguez family that they can eat the same day.There is nowhere to store food other than a cooler that she keeps filled with ice on her balcony. More than 470,000 homes were damaged or destroyed, causing an estimated $ 140 billion in damages. As Puerto Rico experiences the longest and most devastating blackout in American history, 1,000 utility trucks and 1,500 workers from 22 electric companies from all over the U.S. are arriving on the island this week to help the existing crews on the job restore power. As crews carve their way through the catastrophic damage, their progress is slow. But they met a major milestone this month when 1 million customers had their power restored, and utility crews say they won't stop until everyone is back on line. Help from U.S. mainland power companies has been coming in waves for months. But some Puerto Rico residents say they still haven't seen a light come on anywhere in their neighborhood since the hurricanes hit last fall. ( REUTERS) There is no set timeframe, we're just here for the long haul.

– Monica Viego-Rodriguez

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

Projecting militants is undesirable but a blackout does not serve the public interest, for public accountability it is important that carefully edited information on militants is aired so that the public can assess the efficacy of state operations against terrorism.

– Raza Rumi

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Since the strong retail sales data last Friday, the Fed has clearly started a communication campaign to urge markets to price in a hike in June, even though markets have not gone there yet, they set (Fed Chair Janet) Yellen's speech on June 6, just after the next payroll data and just before the blackout period will start before the next policy meeting. They wouldn't have to do this if they have no plan to raise rates in June.

– Tomoaki Shishido

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

In college, many times students drink in a way that most people don't comprehend. They drink to accomplish a goal called becoming blackout drunk, they don't know their own capacity, and oftentimes underage students get into situations where they find themselves in trouble and they don't even know how they got there.

– Jonathan Gibralter

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Studies tell us at least half of young people who drink experience a blackout before they graduate college, what's really concerning is that, in a two-week period, about one in 10 college students who drink say there are parts of a night they don't remember.

– Aaron White

Found on CNN
8 years ago

While conservatives won the national elections by a wide margin, campuses have doubled down on liberal speakers--with zero elected conservative officials scheduled to speak at our nation's top schools. our 2015 survey shows the conservative blackout on college campuses has only gotten worse.

– Ron Robinson

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

I'd like to offer my deepest apology to the family and lives that I affected on September 14 and 15 when I relapsed and went into a blackout for 30 hours, i thank the Lord nobody got hurt.

– John Lourenco

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Until today, we haven’t received a single circular or notice from the government on the dam. We have no idea when it will be built, how exactly we will be affected and where we are going to be relocated. There is a complete information blackout.

– Bhanu Chandar

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

What is really important is the 'never had a blackout' group was relatively uncommon, compared to the other groups.

– Marc Schuckit

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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