USC Aiken graduate endures New York blackout experience
USC Aiken graduate Melissa Lamkin, a Lucky magazine market assistant, describes the massive national blackout in New York City. She details flickering lights in Times Square, unpowered subways, cars and pedestrians in confusion, and a 25 flight stair climb without ventilation before power returned at 5 a.m.
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USC Aiken
New York
Melissa Lamkin
Augusta
Lamkin
Lucky Magazine
Times Square
Manhattan
Sixth Avenue
Unemployment Rises in South Carolina and Aiken County
The Employment Security Commission reports July unemployment at seven percent statewide, highest since March 1994, with 7 290 people jobless in Aiken County up from 3 630 in June. State payrolls trimmed 1 800 year over year, while 5 900 new entrants swelled the labor force to 9 036 827.
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Employment Security Commission
Aiken County
Aiken County Prepares for Wide Power Outage Scenario
Officials describe teaming with SCE&G and neighboring utilities to manage a large blackout. Emergency plans include backup generators at hospitals, fire and police services, and school district procedures for weathering extended outages.
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French
Aiken
Michael Hunt
Department
Hunt
New York
Aiken County
Bill Gallman
Bush calls outage a national wake up call
President Bush calls the blackout a wake up call for modernizing the grid and delivery systems as major cities face power shortages and transit paralysis. New York Mayor Bloomberg praises the city’s response while subways stay shut and trains limp through the day.
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New York City
Michael Bloomberg
Bloomberg
Detroit
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