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Hangar 98 – Episode 16: The Great Victoria Blackout of 1979

Kent Schumaker
By Kent Schumaker

The Island is no stranger to strong gusting wind storms, but late one night in 1979, our capital was struck by a power outage made famous by the party that followed….and, it led to some interesting situations overnight.

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