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...water vapor. GM says it could start mass-producing fuel-cell cars by 2010. But makers of consumer electronics may beat them to the punch. In two years NEC plans to introduce a fuel-cell-powered laptop that runs 40 hours between charges--very handy in, say, a massive blackout. Portable fuel-cell power generators sell for a mere...
Trouble overseas, forest fires out West, tornadoes down South and rain, rain and more rain in the East--not to mention Sammy Sosa's corked bat, Bob Hope's demise, a power blackout and Larry Flynt's hat in the political ring. And oh yes, Ben and J. Lo. It wasn't exactly a season to remember. In fact, the crummy summer of 2003 has been so forgettable that you will need this special test to stay sharp on the details...
When the power failed last week, many Americans' initial thought was of terrorism. The 1965 BLACKOUT led some Americans to blame themselves or their cold war enemies...
...many thought the darkness came from within. A middle-aged executive who had been playing a too-vigorous game of basketball wondered if the fading light before his eyes signaled a massive coronary...Scores concluded that, like latter-day Mrs. O'Learys, they were personally to blame for the blackout. After trimming the ends of some loose wires in readiness for the house painters next day, a Manhattan housewife saw the whole city go black and gasped: "What have I done now?" A small boy in Conway, N.H., whacked a telephone pole with a stick, saw night descend, and raced...
Nearly two years after the horror of 9/11, many found it downright bracing to pull together in an emergency that was just an accident. If 9/11 taught us how to survive while grieving, the blackout taught us how to survive without grumbling--or without too much of it at least. Should you find yourself in a blackout--or want to be prepared for crises that might leave you stranded without services--here are 10 rules for getting by when lights go out, stores shut down, and banks are closed...